{"id":26,"date":"2021-05-25T10:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T10:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azurearther.com\/index.php\/biography\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T19:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:35:04","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/azurearther.com\/index.php\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26\" class=\"elementor elementor-26\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4140cb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4140cb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9500cc8\" data-id=\"9500cc8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de70661 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"de70661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef2b04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ef2b04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75331bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75331bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/azurearther.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tree-water-lake-landscape-sunset-clouds-weather-tree-tree-nature-tree-tree-tree-sunset-sunset-7215935-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1573\" alt=\"tree, water, lake, landscape, sunset, clouds, weather, tree, tree, nature, tree, tree, tree, sunset, sunset-7215935.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azurearther.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tree-water-lake-landscape-sunset-clouds-weather-tree-tree-nature-tree-tree-tree-sunset-sunset-7215935-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azurearther.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tree-water-lake-landscape-sunset-clouds-weather-tree-tree-nature-tree-tree-tree-sunset-sunset-7215935-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azurearther.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tree-water-lake-landscape-sunset-clouds-weather-tree-tree-nature-tree-tree-tree-sunset-sunset-7215935-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/azurearther.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tree-water-lake-landscape-sunset-clouds-weather-tree-tree-nature-tree-tree-tree-sunset-sunset-7215935.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a4816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4a4816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet Azure <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6637023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6637023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Azure is a native of Flint, MI, who resides in Dallas, TX, with her husband, son and beloved pets, a dog, River, and a Betta fish, Reggie McFish. Her passion for the written word has been a lifelong journey, starting from childhood and evolving through years of dedication to her craft.<\/p><p>Having taught thousands of college students in literature and writing courses, Azure credits her focus and talents to them. Her experiences with diverse students, including former prisoners, have deepened her commitment and passion to giving voice to the unheard and addressing social injustices through her work.<\/p><p>Azure&#8217;s writing has garnered recognition in numerous publications and competitions. She was a finalist for the New Millennium Writings 49th Writing Award and the 2021 Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Competition. Additionally, she secured third place in the Writers of the Future Contest, volume 38, and has been selected as a resident artist for both the Marble House Project and the Santa Fe Art Institute, and a scholarship recipient for Superstars Writing Seminar.<\/p><p>&#8220;Writing is a process that humbles you, but it also sharpens your experience,&#8221; Azure often says. &#8220;You can be talented, but many people are talented. Talent usually comes down to one question: What are you going to do with it?&#8221;<\/p><p>Azure invites readers to explore her writing through links found under publications, and to reach out via the contact form.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf26559 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cf26559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd029e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd029e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #d6b8b8;\">\u201cWriting is a process that humbles you, but it also sharpens your experience. 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