Douglas Nordfors is a native of Seattle, and currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has a BA from Columbia University and an MFA in poetry from The University of Virginia. Since 1987, he has published poems in journals such as “The Iowa Review,” “Quarterly West,” “Poetry Northwest,” and “Poet Lore,” and recent work has appeared in “Burnside Review,” “The Louisville Review, ”Matter,” “Chariton Review,” “The Hollins Critic,” “Potomac Review,” “Canada Quarterly,” “2River,” “BODY” Literature,” and others. His three books of poetry are "Auras" (2008), "The Fate Motif" (2013), and “Half-Dreaming” (2020), all published by Plain View Press.