Biography

Joseph Hutchison is the author of 11 collections of poems, including The Rain At Midnight (2000), Bed of Coals (winner of the 1994 Colorado Poetry Award), House of Mirrors (1992), The Undersides of Leaves (1985), and the 1982 Colorado Governor’s Award volume, Shadow-Light . His poems and short stories have appeared in over 100 journals and in several anthologies. A poem of his published in The Nebraska Review was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2003.

Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Joe graduated summa cum laude from the University of Northern Colorado (1972) and earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia (1974). He has taught elementary through high school age children for Poets in the Schools programs in Colorado and Oregon, graduate level students at the University of Denver’s University College, and adult learners online. Joe lives with his wife Melody in the mountains southwest of Denver and makes his living as a writer.