Lana Dean Helm is a writer of words, a lover of the octopus and the sea, and claims she can talk to the animals of the world, or rather, hear them talk to her. She has had poems published in numerous anthologies, was nominated for a 2017 Pushcart Prize, and strives to have her voice heard across the artistic world at large, yes, all of it. Equipped with her self-repaired typewriter, she will write you a poem on the spot, and will often do it in character to fit the occasion.