John M. Fitzgerald is a poet, writer, editor, and attorney for the disabled in Los Angeles. A dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, he attended the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, where he was editor of the Law Review. The Mind was published by Salmon Poetry in 2011. His first book, Spring Water, was a Turning Point Books prize selection in 2005. Telling Time by the Shadows was released in April 2008 by Turning Point Books. Foreword by Rex Wilder. "Persuasive imagery mixed with characteristic wit and humor."--World Literature Today Jan./Feb 2015