Kathleen P. Decker is a poet, physician, and musician. She is a past president of the National League of American Pen Women, Seattle Branch, and has been
Vice President of the Poetry Society of Virginia, Eastern Region since 2019. Dr. Decker has authored several books of poetry in addition to multiple poems published in national and international haiku publications. She edited and published an online and print international haiku journal called Chiyo’s Corner, and was an editor for the World Haiku Association. She edited the haiku anthology My Neighbor’s Life (Laughing CyPress, Seattle, WA, 1999), and On Crimson Wings (Laughing CyPress,Seattle, WA, 2001). With three other poets, she created a poetry/music/art film Shedding Winter Coats from a 100-line renku. Her non-fiction publications include the book Fit, Unfit, or Misfit: How to Perform Fitness for Duty Evaluations in
Law Enforcement Personnel (Thomas, Springfield, IL, 2006) and over 60 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Dr. Decker is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
