Dru Philippou (born Androulla Philippou, January 22, 1956, Strovolos, British Cyprus), a Cypriot–British-American writer, poet, and educator. Writing haikai, tanka prose, and free verse since 2005. Had work in eleven Red Moon anthologies, won Honorable Mention in the Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award, First Prize in Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards, and Honorable Mentions in three Genjuan International Haibun Contests. Her “Afterlife” and “Pilgrimage” each won first place in HSA’s Haibun Awards (2021 and 2023). Published a tanka prose memoir, A Place to Land, in 2022. Has lived in Taos, New Mexico, since 1995.