Jeffrey Hecker was born in 1977 in Norfolk, Virginia. A graduate of Old Dominion University, he’s the author of Rumble Seat (San Francisco Bay Press, 2011) and the chapbook Hornbook (Horse Less Press, 2012). Recent work has appeared in La Reata Review, Mascara Literary Review, Atticus Review, La Fovea, The Waterhouse Review, Zocalo Public Square, The Burning Bush 2 Literary Magazine, Turtleneck Press, leveler, and Spittoon. He resides with his wife Robin in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia.