Gary Copeland Lilley, originally from North Carolina, now lives in the Pacific Northwest. He has published nine books of poetry, and has appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. Lilley has received the Washington DC Commission on the Arts Fellowship for Poetry and is a graduate of the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. He teaches in the Western Colorado University Creative Writing MFA program. Lilley serves as the Artistic Director of the Port Townsend Writers Conference and is a Cave Canem Fellow.