Terry a O’Neal  is a native Californian, and is presently living and working in Sacramento County, CA. Aside from her loving family, literature has always been her first love. Terry is the author of two volumes of poetry, The Poet Speaks In Black, and Motion Sickness. She is also the author of the children’s book Ev’ry Little Soul. Recently Terry has completed her first family fiction novel entitled Sweet Lavender- a moving story of a young black girl’s awakening to the bittersweet realities of life growing up in a small Louisiana town.