Ann Christine Tabaka first started writing poetry in 1965, when she was 14 years old. She was a Fine arts major in college, but switched gears to become an organic chemist for DuPont as her life career.
Chris became serious about publishing her poetry in 2017 after being encouraged by other poet friends. In 2017, Chris was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry, and she was the winner of Spillwords Press 2020 Publication of the Year. She has been internationally published, won poetry awards from numerous publications, and has been published in several micro-fiction anthologies and short story publications.
Chris is the author of 11 poetry books. She lives in Delaware, USA with her husband and four cats. She loves swimming, gardening and cooking, as well as writing.
Read her work in Altered Reality Magazine:
First Step: Transformation
It Fell From the Sky
A Thousand Light Years Away