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Guanetta Gordon is the author of
eight books of poetry,
a historical novel entitled The
Aurora Tree, and has received countless awards for her work as a
writer. She was chosen poet laureate of her native state of Kansas,
as well as Poet of the Year in 1980 by the Arizona State Poetry Society.
She was celebrated with special honors by her alma mater, Baker University,
and has been awarded a honorary doctorate in literature from The World
Academy of Arts and Culture. She served eighteen years on the national
board of directors of the National League of American Pen Women. Her
archival materials are preserved in the Kansas Division of the library
of the University of Kansas. As a young women she was active as a radio
actress and a model. Her image personalized the illustrations for the
heroine of Leslie Ford's serialized mysteries in The Saturday Evening
Post. She is listed in several biographical dictionaries: Who's Who
in Poetry, Who's Who of American Women, and The Foremost Women of the
Twentieth Century. In private life she was the wife of a career military
officer, having made her home in 22 locations all over the world. |