About

Official bio: Eric Nixon is a poet and author who has written sixteen collections of poetry, a guided poetry journal, several short stories, and two novels. His poetry has been featured on The Writer's Almanac seven times. Eric lives with his author wife, Kari Chapin, in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.

Real bio: Hello! I'm Eric Nixon. I was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and grew up smack dab in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts in a little town called Dalton (where all paper for US currency comes from). I spent my youth reading piles of books, listening to music, and being active in Scouting. I wrote my first short story called "A Day In The Year 2492" when I was 13, which became the basis for my 2492 science fiction series.

I went to college at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where I wrote my first poems, and eventually majored in Hotel Management. After college, I spent the ensuing 20+ years managing hotels all over the United States and living in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Massachusetts again, New Hampshire again, Alabama, Massachusetts (again), Vermont, Oregon, Illinois, Massachusetts (again? Really? What the heck?), Washington, and (sigh) Massachusetts.

I spend my free time writing lots of poetry, and barely working on my novels — because they are a LOT harder to write. I have managed to publish a poetry collection every year since 2012, and my sixteen collections contain over 2,650 poems, so that's pretty good.

When I'm not working, and not writing, I like to travel, meditate, make art, and take pictures. If you want to see pictures of sunsets, flowers, and random arty things, I'm (barely) on Instagram @ericnixon.