JEANPAUL FERRO

Jéanpaul Ferro is a novelist, short fiction author, and poet from Scituate, Rhode Island.  A 10-time Pushcart Prize nominee, his work has appeared on National Public Radio, Contemporary American Voices, Columbia Review, Emerson Review, Asia Literary Review, Connecticut Review, Istanbul Review, Arts & Understanding Magazine, Saltsburg Review, and others.  He is the author of Essendo Morti – Being Dead (Goldfish Press, 2009), nominated for the 2010 Griffin Prize in Poetry; and Jazz (Honest Publishing, 2011), nominated for both the 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize and the 2012 Griffin Prize in Poetry.  He is represented by the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency.  Website.  E-mail: jeanpaulferro@netzero.net

"When it comes to photography I am just a witness to what is already there.  You can pose a great job, but a truly remarkable photograph is something that is already there waiting for you to capture it."