Constance Hanstedt

Constance is an author, poet, and business owner living in Northern California. Her poetry has appeared in the Comstock Review, Calyx, Rattle, the Naugatuck River Review, and many other literary journals. Her poem "Ode to Beige" was published in Diane Lockward's The Crafty Poet (2013), a collection of poems, prompts, craft tips, and interviews.

Don't Leave Yet, How My Mother's Alzheimer's Opened My Heart is Constance's first book (published April 2015 by She Writes Press). It was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association memoir competition in 2011. It was also named a finalist in the 2015 National Indie Excellence Awards in Memoir.