Susan Edwards Richmond writes about the relationship between humans and wild nature. In addition to Before We Were Birds, Susan is the author of Increase, Purgatory Chasm, Birding in Winter, and Boto, and her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies. Susan also writes for children; her first picture book is due out with Peachtree Publishers in Fall 2018. A passionate naturalist, she is poet-in-residence at Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio in Harvard, Massachusetts, and works at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary. She lives with her husband, Jim, and has two daughters.