David Romtvedt was born in Portland, Oregon, and received an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He is the author of several poetry collections, including Some Church; Certainty; Moon; and the National Poetry Series selection A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know. He has also written a collection of essays, as well as two works of fiction, Crossing Wyoming and Free and Compulsory for All. A recipient of the Pushcart Prize and the Wyoming Governor’s Arts Award, Romtvedt serves as the Poet Laureate of Wyoming.