Daniel Thomas was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has published poems in many journals, including Southern Poetry Review, Nimrod, Poetry Ireland Review, The Bitter Oleander, Atlanta Review, and many others. He has an MFA in poetry from Seattle Pacific University. As an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, he studied music, English literature and German literature. He then went on to study film history, theory and criticism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and graduated with an MA. His graduate degree in film led him to Twin Cities Public Television, where he was the video editor of an Emmy Award- winning national PBS series and producer of local documentaries. He went on to become COO of the PBS station. His long career in nonprofit management includes work as an executive director and a chief development officer. In addition to writing poetry, he plays the guitar and writes music. For six years he served as vice-chair of the American Composers Forum. Dan is the father of three grown children. He and his wife, Ellie, moved to Santa Barbara, California in 2015.