Under A Blitzkrieg Moon

Vicki Bashor, 52, used her English degree to write for several newspapers in her native northwest Ohio, deciding to leave journalism in 2012. At various points in her career, she has been acting content editor and scientific editor, the former in newspaper work and the latter for the Columbus Zoo and Aquariums and The Ohio State University. She recently completed a book as its ghost writer and continues to write poetry, which she fell in love with in 2014. She has one daughter, age 20.