ROLANDA T. PYLE is a licensed social worker and works in the field of aging with seniors, caregivers, and grandparents raising grandchildren. Rolanda is the author of the books - Grandma’s Hands - a children's story book, Finally - a collection of inspirational poems; and the compiler of and contributor to Beneath His Everlasting Wings, a collection of devotionals. Her work has been published in religious and community newspapers, magazines,  anthologies, collections and journals. In April 2004, New York's Daily News named her one of the "100 Women Who Shape Our City." Her favorite scripture is Romans 8:28. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.” 

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This is the fifth winner of the Poetry Is Life Book Award.