Nicole Easterwood is the author of three books: "Rollercoaster Road- A Collection of Photographs and Poetry", "Twenty Years of Snow", and "Into the Wild." Her short story, "Black Waters," was also featured in the anthology "Oil and Water…and Other Things That Don’t Mix", benefiting relief efforts in the Gulf of Mexico and her poetry and essays have been featured on numerous websites. Currently, she has two finished novels, "Brand New Eyes" and "Such Great Heights," and is working on a verse collection entitled, "After the Storm," and Ezra, a short story about death and its aftermath. Nicole is also a 2012 Welker Scholar. She splits her time between writing, university, and traveling, and is following her dream of being an Egyptologist.