Her Story

Toni Orrill is a poet and author from New Orleans.  A graduate of Tulane University, she has been a strategist, media consultant and advertising executive before writing full-time.   It was during a transformative summer that she uncovered her proseful style, capturing an experience of emotional loss with a spiritually provocative voice.  Her ability to sense the subtleties of physical, spiritual and human nature in a deep and revelant way is what makes her work compelling and soul-satisying.


The Glorious Summer (Hamilton, 2007) was her debut book, and The Broken Fall:A Katrina Collection  (Hamilton, July 2009) is its companion piece.  Both are narrative non-fiction and can be found in the Religion/Spirituality Memoirs section. She is currently writing a novel and a collection of poetry entitled The Coyote's Lament.


Toni lives in Covington, Louisiana with her husband and six children.