About The Author

J.D. Romero is a Colombian-born writer and poet working from the diaspora. He immigrated to the U.S. as a child and holds a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Film from the University of Central Florida. When he’s not writing he works as a video editor, mostly for NGOs. He is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing & Publishing at the University of Lincoln in the U.K. His favorite pastime is writing and watching movies.

Poetry Achievements

2009 – Selected as a Commended Foyle Young Poet by England’s Poetry Society.
2011 – Night published in 20x20, a London magazine supported by Rosa Gallery and HATO Press.
2012 – Illumination published on the Poetry Society’s Young Poets Network as part of the Imagined Lives Poetry Challenge.
2012 – Contributed a couplet to the Young Poets Network Giant Olympic Relay Poem, curated by Chloe Maughan.
2013 – Select Country published in Myths of the Near Future by the National Association of Writers in Education and Dead Ink Publications.

La Jungla

An independent Latino literary sci-fi saga about humanity’s attempt to begin again among the stars.

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