Steven Dale Davison’s hybrid book of poetry and images The Road to Continental Heart: Befriending, and Defending, the Spirit of North America is a 2024 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite and a runner-up in Poetry for the Los Angeles Book Award. His full-length book of poetry Dancing Mockingbird and a poetry chapbook O My Heart were published in the winter and spring of 2022. His full-length collection Dancing with the Moon: Poems of the Heart was published in 2023. Written in both verse and prose, several of his plays have been produced. He has written both short and long fiction and has published a number of nonfiction essays and book chapters. A nonfiction book is now in contract with Inner Light Books. Mr. Davison worked for twenty years as a journalist and professional writer in the private sector.