Dr Beatriz Copello is a psychologist, a poet and fiction writer. Copello's poetry has been published in many journals and literary magazines. Her book of lesbian poetry Women Souls...view moreDr Beatriz Copello is a psychologist, a poet and fiction writer. Copello's poetry has been published in many journals and literary magazines. Her book of lesbian poetry Women Souls and Shadows, Bemac Publishing, 1992 was highly commended in the Wild and Wooley, 1993 Awards. In November 1997 she received from the Australia Council, Literature Fund, an Emerging Writers Grant for Poetry. Her book of poetry Meditations At the Edge of a Dream was published by Interactive Publications -Glasshouse Books, 2001, receiving excellent reviews. In 2003 she was awarded a Doctor of Creative Arts Degree (Creative Writing) from the University of Wollongong. Under The Gums Long Shade, her third book of poetry, was published in 2008. Lesbian Love Lesbian Lives is her first book of short stories.view less