S. M. Kozubek is an author, teacher and retired attorney who served as a guardian ad litem in child protection and delinquency cases in Juvenile Court for many years with children of all ages.

He has had a passion for writing since childhood and is currently writing plays, poetry, short story and memoir. He loves reading the work of many great writers and sharing his own.

His work has appeared in ICON, Journal of Modern Poetry, Frogpond, A Hundred Gourds, bottle rockets, and other publications. He lives in Sarasota, Florida, home of this beautiful banyan tree.