Beryl Singleton Bissell -- Writer

bissell is the author of the author of the scent of god: a memoir (counterpoint april 2006 hardcover, counterpoint april 2007 paper) and a view of the lake (lake superior port cities inc. june 2011). she was a columnist with the cook county news herald -- a local newspaper with a national subscription base – for 10 years and has been published in the national catholic reporter, the trenton times, your life magazine, the sun magazine, minnesota monthly, lake superior magazine, the himalayan path, the online visual thesaurus, and the anthologies: surviving ophelia, edited by cheryl dellasega, ph.d. (perseus publishing, 2001), and the new writer's handbook, vol. 2, edited by philip martin with preface by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate (scarletta press 2008). she was named “best of 2006 minnesota authors” and her memoir, the scent of god (www.berylsingletonbissell.com) was a “notable” book sense selection for april 2006. she is currently working on the sequel to the scent of god. a view of