MariJo Moore (Cherokee/Irish/Dutch) is an author, poetess, editor, essayist, artist, medium, and psychic. Her published works include The Diamond Doorknob, its sequel When the Dead Dream, Red Woman With Backward Eyes and Other Stories, The Boy With a Tree Growing From His Ear and Other Stories, Confessions of a Madwoman, and Spirit Voices of Bones. She has also edited numerous anthologies including Genocide of the Mind: New Native

Writings, Feeding the Ancient Fires: A Gathering of NC American Indian Writings, and Birthed From Scorched Hearts: Women Respond to War. The recipient of numerous literary and publishing awards, she resides in the mountains of western North Carolina.