Chad Hanson serves as Chair of the Department of Social & Cultural Studies at Casper College. When he isn't teaching or writing, he wanders the prairie with a camera, making photos of the last remaining bands of wild horses in the West. Hanson's nonfiction titles include Swimming with Trout and Trout Streams of the Heart. He is also the author of two collections of poems: Patches of Light and This Human Shape. For more information, visit: chadhanson.org.