Dawn Huffaker

The author lives in the mountains of the southwestern corner of New Mexico. She is the eldest daughter of two educators.

At the age of eight months, Dawn became mysteriously ill, and never learned to walk. She has had to learn to deal with her world from a wheelchair. With the help of her family, she is leading a productive life.

In junior high, Dawn discovered her passion for poetry. Some very special teachers took the time to show her the beauty of words. From that point on, she wrote poetry for family and friends, and published works in the school newspapers.

In college, she received her bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and minors in English and Biology. Dawn went on to found a local computer store. The store operated for seventeen years. Then, she spent two months in the hospital dealing with a health concern, and had to close her business.

When Dawn returned home, she spent several months recuperating. During this time, she began exploring the idea of publishing her first book of poetry, and selecting her very best poems to put in volume one. That was how Flights of Fancy came to be.

Later, Dawn published her second book Flower Escapes. This was a collaboration with Michele Duncan, an amazing floral photographer.

I Will Fly was her collaboration with Michele Kontaxis. The team wanted to put a book together of encouraging poetry for readers who were going through rough times in their lives. The message of this book was that there IS always hope. Others understood what they were going through.

Her latest book is Poetry to Ponder. It is a collection of poetry from the past 10 years. A wide variety of topics are explored from nature, life, and fantasy. The poetry is meant to be appreciated a few poems at a time over a cup of tea. They can be read out of order, too.

Dawn has published several calendars in the Nature through Poetry series. Each month has a specific poem written for that photo. Even if the year has already gone by, the calendar is still collectible.

All titles are available here through Amazon.