William L. Alton was born November 5, 1969 and started writing in the Eighties while incarcerated in a psychiatric prison. Since then his work has appeared in Main Channel Voices, World Audience and Breadcrumb Scabs among others. In 2010, he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He has published several books, a collection of flash fiction, Girls, two collections of poetry titled Heroes of Silence and HEAT WASHES THROUGH (ELJ Editions, 2015), a memoir titled My Name is Bill and a novel coming out in 2015 titled Flesh and Bone. He earned both his BA and MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.