Jo Balistreri (born Maryjo Horton, 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.), concert pianist, harpsichordist, educator, and poet. Worked as a docent at Ten Chimneys, Wisconsin, the summer retreat of theater greats Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Author of three books of poetry and currently completing a haiku manuscript. Has work included in the members’ anthologies of leading haiku societies, Robert Epstein’s All the Way Home, Gabriel Sawicki’s Behind the Tree Line, and Red Moon Press’s A New Resonance 12. Featured or interviewed in several online publications. Lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin.