Sharon White is the author of several books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia, winner of the AWP award in creative nonfiction. Her first novel, Minato Sketches, won the Rosemary Daniell Prize and is published by Minerva Rising Press. Betty Books, an imprint of WTAW, will publish If the Owl Calls, a mystery, in fall 2025. Her new collection of poetry is The Body is Burden and Delight. She is an Associate Professor Emerita at Temple University.