Wanda Penalver Bevan

Wanda Penalver Bevan was born in Ithaca, New York. A graduate of Northwestern University, she’s worked as an actress, paralegal, and events professional. She is the songwriter of "Little Girl" (2012), a tribute to the youngest victim of the 2011 Tucson shootings, and her poem, "America’s Child" (1996), is on display at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. (She is the author of two books, "A Slow Dance in Memoriam and Other Poems" (2022), a modern poetry collection, and "Their Souls Met in Wishton" (2016), her first fiction novel. After residing more than three decades in Los Angeles, Wanda moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where she now calls home. She has three daughters and wants to be just like them when she grows up.