Heidi Nightengale

Heidi has been writing and publishing in local, regional and national literary magazines for over 25 years.  Her chapbook, Bird Vision, was published by Pudding House Press in 2008.  Heidi has won numerous awards for her writing and her volunteer civic and community work.  Heidi is currently on the faculty of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Empire State College where she teaches courses in writing, reading and writing poetry along with courses in human services.  In 2014, Heidi published her first children’s picture book, What Fragrance is the Moon?  She has been a writer in the schools for her work as a poet and children’s writer in three states and over 80 preschool, elementary, middle and high school classrooms.  She has also conducted local poetry workshops for the public at Cayuga Community College and the Finger Lakes Arts Council.  She has been a featured reader of  her poetry in libraries,  bookstores and coffee house settings throughout Central New York for over 15 years.  When Heidi is not writing or teaching, she spends her time gardening and coaxing faeries to her cottage gardens.