Poet

Terese Woll is a Southern California native, born in West Covina and raised in California's Inland Empire and San Diego. She studied Creative Writing, English Literature, and Queer Theory at San Diego State University under the mentorships of Harold Jaffe, (author and founder of Fiction International),  and Jane E Hindman (Artist, and Academic Feminist).  Terese earned a Master of Arts degree in Rhetoric and Creative Writing. Her dissertation, Can There Be A Woman In This Academy, explores gender constructs in academia. 

Terese has been privately writing on myriad topics for many years. She began publishing some of her work in 2025.

Captivated by the literary styles of ancient Middle Eastern writings, she released two collections of poetry inspired by the Hebrew Bible:    

Bible Haiku, and Bible Lyrics.

Terese has also published a volume of poetry which examines the villanelle structure.  Side By Side, explores pairs of identical poems arranged next to each other but expressed in two different forms—the original free verse poems alongside their transformation into the structured form of the villanelle. 

Terese is currently and constantly working on poems as they manifest in her heart and mind.  You can see her latest poem in progress on this website.  She also writes novels, short stories, and historical fiction.

When she isn't writing, Terese can be found running the trails near her northern San Diego County home. 

She is available for poetry readings as well as small group and book club discussions.  She also enjoys conversations that come to her through this website.  Feel free to contact her any time by clicking on the chat tab in the bottom right corner of your screen.