Christopher Cokinos is the author or coeditor of several books, including
The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars,
Hope Is the Things with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds, and
Beyond Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight. He is the winner of awards and fellowships from, among others, New American Press, the Whiting Foundation, the Rachel Carson Center in Munich, and the National Science Foundation. His poems, articles, and essays have appeared in such venues as
Scientific American, High Country News,
Astronomy,
Discover.com, and the
Los Angeles Times. Having taught literature, writing, and science communication for more than three decades at three universities, he again lives and writes in Utah. His website is
www.christophercokinos.com.