David Huddle is the author of HAZEL (Tupelo Press, 2019) and more than twenty previous books, including fiction, essays, and poetry. His novel NOTHING CAN MAKE ME DO THIS (Tupelo, 2011) won the Library of Virginia Award for Fiction, and his Black Snake at the Family Reunion won the PEN New England Award for Poetry. He teaches at the Bread Loaf School of English and the Rainier Writing Workshop. A native of Ivanhoe, Virginia, Huddle has lived in Vermont for over four decades.