Sofia Starnes is the author of six poetry collections, most recently The Consequence of Moonlight (Paraclete Press, 2018). Her poetry can be found, or is forthcoming, in Bellevue Literary Review, First Things, Image, and Modern Age. She is the recipient of a 2001 Poetry Fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, among other commendations, including six Pushcart Prize nominations. Starnes served as Poetry Editor of The Anglican Theological Review from 2007 to 2020. She served as the Virginia Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014.  

Photo by Bill Starnes