A native of north Florida and a 35 year resident of Jacksonville, Linda O’Connell descended from a Florida pioneer family, the Davises of Wakulla County. She is proud of her heritage and seeks to unearth and write about the things that made us uniquely Floridian before condos and Disney. She is also the author of the children’s book, “Mrs. Shiny and Her Magic Tail”. Linda is working in collaboration with her graphic designer/Illustrator husband, Michael, to bring it to print.
After graduating from UNF in 2014 with a double major in English and Criminal Justice, Ma Bones was hired by Douglas Anderson High School to teach ninth and tenth grade creative writing and developed a playwriting class curriculum she instructed. She is a Jacksonville native and writer.
Sonja Mongar, MFA is a memoirist, journalist, award-winning novelist and teaches in the Western Connecticut State Low Residency MFA program. A former FOLIO contributing writer, she wrote music and arts features at the peak of the 90s Indie music movement in Jax. She played harmonica in a variety of north and central Florida bands as well as with her own Latin fusion band in Puerto Rico for 14 years. She believes that fate favors the prepared person, thus she always carries a harmonica.
