Thelma T Reyna

Thelma T. Reyna's books have collectively won 16 national literary awards. She has written six books: a short story collection, The Heavens Weep for Us and Other Stories; two poetry chapbooks-Breath & Bone and Hearts in Common; and three full-length poetry collections-Rising, Falling, All of Us; Reading Tea Leaves After Trump, which won six national book honors in 2018; and Dearest Papa: A Memoir in Poems, (Golden Foothills Press, 2020). As Poet Laureate in Altadena, 2014-2016, she edited the...See more

Thelma T. Reyna's books have collectively won 16 national literary awards. She has written six books: a short story collection, The Heavens Weep for Us and Other Stories; two poetry chapbooks-Breath & Bone and Hearts in Common; and three full-length poetry collections-Rising, Falling, All of Us; Reading Tea Leaves After Trump, which won six national book honors in 2018; and Dearest Papa: A Memoir in Poems, (Golden Foothills Press, 2020). As Poet Laureate in Altadena, 2014-2016, she edited the Altadena Poetry Review Anthology in 2015 and 2016. Thelma's fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals, anthologies, textbooks, blogs, and regional media, print and online, for over 25 years. She was a Pushcart Prize Nominee in Poetry in 2017; and winner of a California state legislators' award, "Women in Business/ Author, Most Inspirational" in 2011. Thelma is the founder and owner of an editing consultancy, The Writing Pros, based in Pasadena, CA, and of the multiple-award-winning indie book publisher, Golden Foothills Press. She received her Ph.D. from UCLA. See less