Yolanda A. Reid is the author of THE HONEYEATER, a contemporary women's novel about love, heartbreak and betrayal that was a finalist for the 2014 Diva Awards. Her first novel is PORRIDGE & CUCU: MY CHILDHOOD—a YA novel about a young girl 's childhood and adolescence. Her poems and short fiction have appeared in a few literary journals and e-zines such as “Starlight Poets” (Starlight Press), "Mysteries of the Lyric World," and others. She writes frequently about books, writers, and authors. Her book review blog is Y Reid Books? at www.yreidbooks.blogspot.com. Her debut collection of poems, SONNETS TO THE JAPIM BIRD, is a love story set in the Brazilian rainforest. She lives in the US.