Jerlean Noble is employed at the University of South Carolina, Dept of Psychology in Columbia, SC. A wife and mother, she lives in Columbia though born in Greenville, SC. She's enjoyed success as an author and poet with publications in local newspapers and magazines. Most notably she was selected as a contributing author in The Writer’s Net: Anthology of Prose, Vol. I, edited by Gary D. Kessler. Jerlean is also President and founder of the Columbia Writer’s Alliance, now in it’s third year. With her group she hosted two South Carolina State-wide Writer’s Conferences held at the University of South Carolina.