R.E. Hayes holds a BA and JD from Indiana University. Be White With Me was a semi-finalist for the 2019 Elixir Press Fiction award, judged by Gary Fincke. And In 2022, Be White With Me was long-listed for the Santa Fe Writing Project award judged by Deesha Philyaw a 2020 National Book Award finalist and author of the Secret Lives of Church Ladies.R.E. Hayes is a retired attorney specializing in labor issues. He is a US Marine Corps veteran and can be found on Twitter X at RobertEHayes. He lives west of Chicago with his wife and Sunny the calico cat.
