Shae Leighland, writing as Christine E. Laine (a variation of her middle names) lives in Virginia, in the shadow of crow’s wings passing over as they fly off buildings shorter than the Washington Monument in nearby DC. She also hangs out at her farm in the Shenandoah Valley. She is left handed, was once an “extra” in a movie with Nicholas Cage, and spends spare time (when there is any) flying around in old warbirds. 

Laine is a two-time Pushcart Prize Nominee (2004 and 2005).  She has written three full-length volumes of poetry (Allegory, The Weight Of Dust, and Postcards From A Summer Girl) and four chapbooks (Suburban Fairy Tales of Brilliant Ash and Blue Sins and Two Strophes For a Stain Bleeds Her Lover, with Michael Paul Ladanyi; Alice in Wonderland; and Origami Flower). She is the editor of Little Poem Press, VLQ (Verse Libre Quarterly) and co-editor of Erosha. Her work has appeared in several anthologies and countless publications, both in print and online. She released her first spoken word CD, Conversations in a Basement, in September of 2005.

Oh, and C. E. Laine isn't really missing...

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