Marci Rich

Marci Rich has published poetry, essays, and journalism, earning honors from the Academy of American Poets, BlogHer, the Huffington Post, and the Press Club of Cleveland. She twice won Best Freelance Writer in Ohio awards, in 2018 and 2019, in the Press Club’s All Ohio Excellence in Journalism competition for her local history feature series “Look Back, Elyria,” which she writes for the Chronicle-Telegram and which forms the basis of this, her first book. She started writing it in the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River, Ohio, where she lived with her husband and their Cavalier King Charles spaniel. By the time she had finished, they decided to return to Lorain County. For more information, please visit www.marcirich.com.