Arlene Spector wrote her first poem when she was six years old. From then on,
Arlene knew that one day she would be a writer. Finally, in 1992, that day came.
She retired from careers in Teaching and Counseling and enrolled in a writing
class at the Palos Verdes Art Center. Since then, Arlene’s poetry has been
published in three anthologies: “ Poetry in the Garden”, edited by Jacqueline
Bachar, International Forum, Palos Verdes Peninsula, 1996; “Sips From Foreign
Shores”, edited by Delane Morgan, Butternut Press, Palos Verdes Estates, 1998
and “Creativity 2000”, Redondo Beach, CA. In addition, she recently published
her first novel, “Miranda’s Muse.”
Arlene has participated in a number of poetry readings at
various locations in the South Bay, including the Wayfarer’s Chapel, The P.V.
Interpretive Center, “Sacred Grounds” in San Pedro, and Williams Bookstore. Her
one-woman show at the San Pedro Library, entitled, “Gardens Remembered, and
Other Poems” was well attended and enthusiastically applauded.
Arlene is a native NewYorker who makes her home in San Pedro,CA with her husband
of almost fifty years, Murray.