Mary Langer Thompson is a poet/writer currently based in the high desert of California where she moved to open a new school as principal.  She is a Graduate of California State University Northridge (C.S.U.N.) and University of California at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.).  When not writing, editing or reading poetry, she takes pictures, works on genealogy, and likes to spend time at Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains.  She has been a high school English teacher and adjunct professor.  She is working on her first book of poetry, a young adult novel, and a Children's book.