Christine McKee loved poetry since early childhood. Put on hold while she attended night school, she started to write seriously in 2002. She has been published in Bucks County Writer (PA), Her Mark (Chicago, IL), U.S. Worksheets (Princeton, NJ), Schuylkill Valley Journal (Philadelphia, PA), Presence (Bellevue, WA), and in other print and online journals. McKee has given poetry workshops in PA, NJ, and FL. Her first book, On Shady Lane, was published in August, 2015.