Bill Glose biography

Bill Glose Biography

Born into an Air Force family in California, Bill Glose spent his childhood on military bases overseas—Japan, then Okinawa, then England. In 1979, his father was stationed at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton Roads, and ever since Bill has called Virginia his home. He is a combat veteran and former paratrooper. He is the author of several books of poetry, including Postscript to War and Virginia Walkabout. His magazine articles, stories, poems, and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including The Missouri Review, The Sun, Narrative Magazine, and The Writer. Glose received the F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award, the Robert Bausch Fiction Award, and the Dateline Award for Excellence in Journalism. Glose was named the Daily Press Poet Laureate in 2011 and featured by NPR on The Writer's Almanac in 2017.

From 2003 to 2020, Bill was a contributing editor with Virginia Living and a regular contributor to other magazines. He still writes freelance articles, appears frequently as a featured speaker on literary craft, and serves as a judge in writing contests.

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