B. B. Schaikes Member Member since 2023

I've seen both sides of a lot of fences.

Fiction Poetry

B. B. Schaikes’ fiction and poetry have appeared in Pangyrus, Sundial (Pushcart nomination), Merion West, Scribeworth, Sybil, and orangepeel literary magazine. Her story “Turf” won Leaf by Leaf’s first prize in fiction in 2024. She was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University in 2025. She has lived in LA for many years, but likes road-tripping, boondocking, and returning to her old haunts along the Illinois River, which are the setting of her novel-in-progress, and also her happy place.

Birthdate:: 19 July