George Witte's three previous collections are The Apparitioners (Orchises Press, 2005), Deniability (Orchises Press, 2009), and DOES SHE HAVE A NAME? (NYQ Books, 2014). His poems have been published in a range of journals and in several anthologies, including The Best American Poetry. He received the Frederick Bock Prize from Poetry magazine and a fellowship in poetry from the New Jersey Council on the Arts/Department of State. The editor in chief of St. Martin's Press and a New Jersey native, he lives with his family in Ridgewood, New Jersey.