Denise Aileen DeVries is a translator and writer with a B.A. in French literature from the University of Colorado. She studied poetry at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia. Denise has a Wordpress blog called “Bilocalalia (https://bilocalalia.wordpress.com/).” 
​​​​​​​In 2020, she edited Measured Moments – the way we see it, an illustrated poetry anthology. The anthology and her novels in print, The Disappearance of Bobo Blando​​​​​​​ and Sweet Tea and Vinegar Pie are available on Amazon. “Sweet Tea…” can also be found on several sites as an e-book. Denise and her husband, artist Alvaro Ibañez, along with their daughter Delia Ibañez, are developing a retreat center for the arts on their Virginia property. (https://www.facebook.com/AIMKilmarnock)