Daniel McGinn is a native of Whittier, California. He attended his first poetry reading at the age of 17 and received his MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts at the age of 61. His work has been published in The MacGuffin, Rip Rap, SurVision, Spillway, and The OC Weekly along with numerous other magazines and anthologies. He is the author of several chapbooks in the Laguna Poets series and two full-length poetry collections.