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Summer Edward

Summer Edward, M.Ed. grew up as a third culture kid in Trinidad and the USA. An alumna of the University of Pennsylvania, her writing has been published or is forthcoming in The Millions, The Columbia Review, Horn Book Magazine, The Missing Slate, Nat. Brut and many others. She is a Small Axe Fiction and Poetry Prize shortlistee, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and was selected for the NGC Bocas Lit Fest’s New Talent Showcase, spotlighting the best emerging Caribbean writers. She currently teaches writing and communications courses to nursing and medical students at The University of the West Indies. She divides her time between her adopted hometown, Philly, and her Caribbean homeland, Trinidad. www.summeredward.com