josephine ciliento was born and raised in brooklyn, new york. she has been featured in several anthologies and has performed her work on stages in new york city, chicago, and charleston, west virginia. 

josephine is the author of three poetry collections, a fire inside, journal #31 and trilogy. all are currently available on amazon. she is working on a semi autobiographical novel. she holds a bachelor of arts from brooklyn college. 

josephine currently lives in charleston, west virginia.