Writer and peace activist Rachel Astarte Piccione was born in 1969 in DeKalb, Illinois and raised in Upstate New York. She is the daughter of theater director/playwright Sandi Henschel and poet Anthony Piccione (Anchor Dragging, For the Kingdom, The Guests at the Gate).
Primarily a screenwriter and journalist, Rachel was also the 1996 Poet Laureate of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting from Emerson College in Boston and has studied acting at Loughborough University (UK) and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
Rachel's work centers on the promotion of cultural unity through cinema, with a focus on the Indian film industry. She is also active in Middle East peace work. She has given numerous readings across the country, and lectured at such venues as The New School (NYC) on the topic of employing the arts as a means toward conflict resolution.
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Bucks County Courier Times
"Inside/Out: Bucks County Poet Laureate, Rachel Astarte Piccione"
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