Stephen Dobyns is the author of fifteen books of poetry, including Concurring Beasts, a National Poetry Series award winner; Cemetery Nights, a Mellville Cane Award winner; and most recently, Winter’s Journey. He is also the author of a collection of essays on poetry entitled Next Word, Better Word, and twenty-one novels, many of which are thrillers or mysteries. The recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship and three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Dobyns is currently on the faculty at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.