Thomas Rain Crowe is a prize-winning poet and an internationally published author of thirty books, including the multi-award winning book of nonfiction Zoro's Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods (Univ. of Georgia Press, 2005); The Laugharne Poems written in Wales and published by Welsh publisher Carreg Gwalch in 1997; and the classic contemporary Celtic language anthology WRITING THE WIND: A CELTIC RESURGENCE. Most recently he is the author of THE WATCHER (LIKE SWEET BELLS JANGLED: A NOVEL IN THREE ACTS) (New Native Press, 2015) and LEARNING TO DANCE: SELECTED LOVE POEMS 1975-2015 (New Native Press, 2015). As an editor, he has worked with Beatitude magazine, Katuah Journal and the Asheville Poetry Review. He is founder and publisher of New Native Press. He lives in rural western North Carolina.