Constance Hanstedt is an author, poet, and retired business owner residing in Northern California. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Calyx, The Comstock Review, Naugatuck River Review, Rattle, and the California Writers Club Literary Review, and in Diane Lockward's The Crafty Poet, A Portable Workshop. Hanstedt's first book, Don't Leave Yet, How My Mother's Alzheimer's Opened My Heart, was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association memoir competition in 2011 and was published by She Writes Press in 2015. It was named a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards. To learn more about Constance visit www.constancehanstedt.com.
