Linda Blaskey
Linda Blaskey, originally from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, now resides in Sussex County, Delaware. She is the mother of two sons, and the grandmother of two grandsons (the inspirations for Babysitting). Her work has appeared in Terrains and The Poet Laureate Presents and is included in the Delaware Division of the Arts moving exhibition Poetry in Public Places. Her manuscript A Small, Precise Patch of Sun was a finalist in the 2004 Dogfish Head Poetry Prize competition.