Vanna Bonta is an American poet and novelist, author of link, several prize-winning poetry collections and essays. She's also shared her talents as an actress playing the hero's young mother in fantasy favorite feature film [i]The Beastmaster, as well as numerous credits as a voice talent in movies, including Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Demolition Man, The Twilight Zone, and Hocus Pocus.

Her story "Somewhen" was selected personally by Gene Roddenberry for the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The Italian poet Margherita Guidacci (credited for coining the English usage of the...