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Kristiana Reed is an English teacher and writer. She mainly writes and shares poetry on this blog, however, it is also a home for her book reviews, prose and Dee Diary posts.

Reed has written since she can remember; beginning with a selection of short stories about a dog and a cat with superpowers, written for her younger brother. Poetry has always been her first love but she is attempting to slowly write a novel. The novel in progress is called Dee and is a fictional exploration of living with depression, as if depression were a person. The Dee Diaries series on this blog documents her experience writing and her own personal experience with depression and anxiety.

Reed is also an avid reader and reviewer. She reviews for Reedsy Discovery, Amazon Vine and accepts individual requests (please see her contact information if you wish to request a review).

Reed released her debut collection of poetry and prose in May 2019, Between the Trees, which is available to buy below. Her second collection, Flowers on the Wall, will be released in August 2020.

Between the Trees:

Amazon UK

Amazon US

Reedsy Discovery

Goodreads

Social media handles:

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Kristiana Reed has had poems published in the books/journals below:

Swear to Me – Nicholas Gagnier

FVR: The Collection – Nicholas Gagnier

All The Lonely people – Nicholas Gagnier

We Will Not Be Silenced – Christine Ray, Kindra M. Austin, Candice Daquin, Rachel Finch

MAELSTROM Zine – The Feminist Issue

flight – Nightingale and Sparrow