About the Author

Poetry

A J Bialo lives in her hometown of Syracuse New York with her partner and their nine cats and two dogs. Enjoying a passion for philosophy and history, she received her degree in philosophy from LeMoyne College. Her poems have been published in various online poetry journals including past and the current Fall issue of poetrymagazine.com and little brown poetry.com. The Reflection Tree is her first in print publication. Her strong voice and passion for the topics of her works resonates much farther than the pages they are written on. To read a few sample poems, click on the "poetry" link above.

Fiction

In addition to poetry, A J also likes to spin a good tale in the form of short stories and historical fiction. To read samples from either Memoires from Lawrence or The Book of Ruth click on the "fiction" link above.

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Mostly written in ballad form, with a very tight rhyming scheme, The Reflection Tree tells a story with each poem. These stories address personal and social issues from a personal and often philosophical perspective.

All roads lead to Syracuse in the historically based short stories of Harry the Hobo, a story of one woman's journey to embrace her past during the great depression; Independence Day, a story of one woman's fight for self determination in the 1840's; The Book of Ruth, a story of one woman's struggle between doing what she knows is right and doing what others try to tell her is right; and Percy's Thunder, a simple story of friendship between two women.

In 1978 a young rookie detective for the Syracuse Police Department named Kathryn Krol is partnered with a seasoned veteran detective named Angelo Marcello. Weary of having a female partner Angelo reluctantly shows her the ropes of being a detective. When she shares with him a recurring dream of a nun being murdered crucifixion style he starts to seriously doubt if she is cut out to be a detective. That is until they are assigned a murder case that matches her dream in every detail.

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