Author of thirty volumes of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, Fred Chappell has twice won World Fantasy Awards, has appeared in over fifty anthologies, and has gathered some dozen or so literary prizes including Poet Laureate of the state of North Carolina. Retired after forty years of university teaching, he lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, and worships cats.
He is known for his novels It's Time, Lord, The Inkling, The Gaudy Place his collection of short stories Moments of Light which are also available through Boson Books, and for his books of poetry, The World Between the Eyes, River, Bloodfire, and Wind Mountain.