About the Author

Richard Hawley has published more than 20 books and several monographs. His essays, articles, stories, and poems have appeared in dozens of literary, scholarly, and commercial journals, including the Atlantic Monthly , the Christian Science Monitor , the New York Times , and many literary anthologies. He has lectured extensively at universities, schools, and conferences in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. He lives in Ripton, Vermont.