Tim Seibles was born in Philadelphia in 1955. He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2016 to 2018. His eight books of poetry include Hurdy-Gurdy, Hammerlock, Buffalo Head Solos, and Fast Animal, a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award, winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize and the Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Poetry. His poems have appeared in several anthologies including Poetry Goes to The Movies, Seriously Funny, Uncommon Core, This Is The Honey, and Villanelles. Seibles' works have also been featured in Best American Poetry 2010, 2013, 2023. His most recent collection, With No Hat, will be published in early 2026.