Jeffrey Hecker was born in 1977 in Norfolk, VA. His debut book, Rumble Seat, is published by San Francisco Bay Press. Recent poems have appeared in Cannonball City, The Waterhouse Review, and Zocalo Public Square. Other work is forthcoming in La Reata Review, The Burning Bush 2, Mascara Literary Review, & Turtleneck Press. He lives with his wife Robin in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia.