Annette Marie Hyder is a freelance journalist/editor, artist and author. She selfishly—yes, selfishly—involves herself in issues and causes that she feels will impact the life of her daughter, issues such as: feminism, global conservation/ecology, human rights, literacy and education, empowerment and identity and just plain fun (she admits to being interested in these things on their own merit too.)

She is the founder and curator of the international feminist project Facing Feminism: Feminists I Know. She has been a Contributing Editor for Poems Niederngasse and Editor for PNG's Pancultural Exploration of Love and the Literature Editor for INTHEFRAY Magazine. Her poetry has been translated into German, Italian and Spanish, included in numerous anthologies and published in book form.

Her book "The Consequence of Wings (On Angels and Monsters and Other Winged Things) has been praised by Larry Jaffe (Co-Founder of the United Nation's DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS THROUGH POETRY program) and has been reviewed by the United Kingdom's premiere arts and literature magazine, AESTHETICA MAGAZINE. Her feminist cartoons have appeared in E4W MAGAZINE and her artwork has been featured as the cover artwork for the progressive women's literature magazine, WICKED ALICE MAGAZINE.

Her articles appear in print throughout the United States and internationally while her publishing credits encompass both print and electronic World Wide Web publication.

A blog, Ad Libitum, is coming soon and promises to cunningly explore the purview of her cognizance.