Gary Copeland Lilly is the author of five books of poems: High Water Everywhere (Willow Books, 2015), Alpha Zulu (Ausable Books, 2008), Black Poem (Hollyridge Press Chapbook Series, 2005), The Reprehensibles (Fractal Edge Press, 2004), and The Subsequent Blues (Four Way Books, 2004). Originally from Sandy Cross, NC, located on the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp, Lilley was a longtime resident of Washington, DC and Chicago. He is a veteran of the US Navy Submarine Force, and a blues guitarist. Lilley currently lives in Port Townsend, WA.