It is with enthusiasm and admiration that I recommend this second volume of poetry by Ann Sheils. I hold in highest regard authors, like Ann, who have tended to their craft and vision over decades and then in an act of bravery, offer us a compilation of their work to nourish our own imaginations. This is a book for those who relish ideas and images artfully wrapped in the English language. Mary Ann Bowman Beil Vice President, Ethics Memorial Medical Center Savannah, GA
What a pleasure it has been to watch the warm reception of Ann Sheils' book of verse, In the Perennial Garden. She paints a beautifully woven picture of love, loss, and redemption while offering a backdrop of nature and place. Ann's work really comes alive when she reads: her readings are deeply affecting and well received. We look forward to hearing more from this gifted author in Rust, Shadow Dream.
Jessica S. Osborn E Shaver Bookseller Savannah, GA
About the Author: Ann Sheils lives and writes poetry and fiction in her native Savannah, Georgia. She has had poems published in The Anglican Theological Review, Dappled Things, Gray's Sporting Journal, Main Street Rag, The Aurorean, The Wayfarer, Time of Singing, and other journals.
Recently Finishing Line Press published her chapbook, In the Perennial Garden.
She has been mentored by Donald Justice at Sewanee Writer's Conference, Ann Hood at Aspen's Summer Words, Tony Morris at Ossabaw Island Writers' Retreat, and Antonya Nelson at the Ah Ha School in Telluride, CO., but initially by The Reverend William H. Ralston.
Formerly a teacher, she now sells real estate. Her leisure time is spent on saltwater, hiking the San Juan Mountains, gardening, golf and tennis. Ann is married and has three adult children.
