Clarissa Burton

Clarissa Burton aka Queen Of The Pen™, International Investigative Journalist and Womanist Media Historian, writes poetry and short stories. She has published in the Charleston Post-Courier, the KC Star, Flourish Magazine, and the KC Small Business Monthly. She has several blogs and is the founder of The BWE Bloggersphere™, Princess Onyx™, and Queen of the Pen Books™ websites; is a contributing writer for Black Women Deserve Better, BlogHer, CNN iReport, and Yahoo. She has published four books: Travel – A Poetry Compilation; Elijah’s Great Race; The Black Family Tree™ -a workbook and facilitator’s manual, Princess Onyx Precious Gems as well as Faces~Samantha, the first of a six-novel series. Clarissa is Navy veteran serving from 1984 to 1990. She has a B.A. in Psychology from Ottawa Univ. as well as an M.A. in Business from Webster Univ. She’s the mother of 3 and grandmother.