Ysabel de la Rosa

Ysabel de la Rosa is a writer, poet and artist, whose work has been published in a wide variety of media, beginning in 1972. She began drawing at age 5 and wrote her first "really good" poem at age 7--let parents take note and encourage their children's creativity!

Her feature writing in English and Spanish has appeared in numerous publications in the United States, Latin America and Spain. She has won more than 180 awards for her editorial and creative work in commercial publishing. She has designed several books and is currently at work on designing three books for future publication.

She has taught many a writing workshop, some of whose topics include: How to Edit What You Write, Journal Writing, Feature Writing, Publication Design for Increased Readership, and How to Communicate to Multicultural Audiences. She was a finalist for the Pablo Neruda Poetry Award in 2006.

She is the editor and designer of DreamBones, a collection of poetry by Shelia Campbell, which won the award for best edited book from the Press Women of Texas. Learn more about the poet and the collection at dreambones.com

To keep up with Ysabel's writing, activities, artwork, and other such subjects, visit her blog at ysabeldelarosa.blogspot.com