[1][2] Shipley's term as laureate was cut short by her death.
[3] Along with authoring three books of poetry, Shipley was the poetry editor for Byline Magazine[4] and operator of Full Count Press and, later, Broncho Press.
[4][1] Betty Lou Shipley (née Forsythe) was born in Edmond, Oklahoma on July 11, 1931.
[1] She graduated from Duncan High School in 1949[4] and went on to earn a degree in secondary education and a master's in creative studies from the University of Central Oklahoma.
[2] This biographical article about an American poet born in the 1930s is a stub.