Joan
Shaddox Isom's most recent book is Offerings in the Snow, reviewed here by Julia Sneden, published by Foxmoor Press and available at Barnes and Noble. She is also the author of The
First Starry Night (Charlesbridge) and coeditor of The
Leap Years: Women Reflect on Change, Loss and Love (Beacon
Press). Isom's fiction, poetry and plays have won awards, and
her work has appeared in numerous publications, including anthologies.
Of Cherokee descent, Isom lives near Tahlequah, Oklahoma.