P.A. O’Neil has been writing professionally for eight years. Her stories and essays have been featured in over fifty anthologies, journals and magazines from several continents. Her work has twice won the “Story of the Month” award on the Spillwords.com website. Ms. O’Neil believes, if 40 is the new 30, and 70 the new 50, she is starting middle age all over again. Her roots are in the American Southwest, but she and her husband lovingly reside in Washington State. She is a member of several Facebook Groups. She is also a member of the John H. Watson Society, and the Sound of the Baskervilles. Her collections, Witness Testimony and Other Tales, as well as Two Sides of the Same Coin: In-between stories of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, are available from Amazon. She was the winner of the Saddlebag Dispatches Magazine 2023 Mustang Flash Fiction Award with her story, “The Great Burro Revolt,” which was also featured in their anthology, West of Dodge. Her article, “Northwest Passage” was a medal finalist for a 2023 Will Rogers Medallion Award. Her Amazon author page - P.A. O’Neil.