About 

Petra Whitaker is a newcomer to the Chicago area.  A recent transplant from Ashland, Oregon, she lived a number of years in Southern California where she went to school.  Former contributing editor of "Family Times Magazine," she served as a poetry editor of U.C. Riverside's Arts and Literary Journal, "Mosaic."  Petra is currently managing editor of "Red Box Kite" and continues to read for "The Whistling Fire."  She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Riverside, and her master's degree from UC Riverside's Palm Desert Creative Writing Program: Writing for the Performing Arts.  

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