Anastasia Royal

Wilmette, IL (a short burst of joy from Chicago)

Anastasia Royal is a writer, musician, artist and creative guide. Her published works include a novel UNDOING I DO (St. Martin's Press, 2007) and a nonfiction book THE ROYAL TREATMENT (Simon & Schuster, 2012).

She was an editing collaborator for the poetry book TOPAZ, released by Four Way Books in 2013. Her own poetry was published by RHINO in 2002.

Anastasia performs her original in the Chicago-area, including being a regular at Billy Corgan's Madame Zuzu's. She is a member of the band A 2 ( pronounced A Squared):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95c26rImW4s&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0WLhpw6Pq0

and a member of a piano duo called Double Take.

Anastasia's life is wholly about collaboration, completing projects she imagines and being instrumental to others who want to do the same.