Steven Harvey is the author of three books of personal essays: A Geometry of Lilies, Lost in Translation, and Bound for Shady Grove. He is a professor emeritus of English and creative writing at Young Harris College, senior editor at River Teeth magazine, and a founding member of the nonfiction faculty in the Ashland University MFA program in creative writing. He lives in the north Georgia mountains where he writes and sings and plays banjo, guitar, and ukulele with the musical group Butternut Creek and Friends. He is also the hardly humble creator of The Humble Essayist, an on-line site for promoting personal essays and reflective memoirs.