Lilly Penhall

Lilly Penhall's first poem was published at age 8 and she started writing for stage and screen shortly thereafter. After earning a bachelor's degree in creative writing in 2003, she quit writing for several years before being led to the open mic scene in Dallas, Texas, which reignited her love of words.

She is inspired by many of the beat poets of the 1950s and 60s, as well as other rebellious rule breaking writers (both contemporary and throughout history) such as Whitman, Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Parker, Palahniuk, et al.

Lilly has been published in The Dallas Morning News, Forces Literary Magazine (Collin College), Beatest State of the Union (Slough Press), Every Reason 'Zine, Kleft Jaw, madswirl.com, and was featured on the Live @ Lost Art Open Mic CD (PAO Productions), in addition to publishing her own poetry collection, O, a collaboration with photographer Rosie Lindsey, and co-editing Let It Bleed femme zine.

Through her family's company Penhall Publishing and her own Interstellar Graphics, she has found her calling in book design and publishing, working to promote emerging writers through poetry anthologies and writing contests. In 2012, she relocated to beautiful San Diego, California, where she works from home as a book designer so she can take care of her new baby.