Daniel Bowman Jr. is the author of A PLUM TREE IN LEATHERSTOCKING COUNTRY (Virtual Artists Collective, 2012).

His poems and essays have appeared in The Adirondack Review, American Poetry Journal, Art House America, The Bitter Oleander, Books and Culture, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Istanbul Literary Review, The Midwest Quarterly, The Other Journal, Redactions: Poetry & Poetics, Rio Grande Review, Seneca Review, and others. He recently completed his first novel, BEGGARS IN HEAVEN.

Born in Dover, Delaware, he was raised in Mohawk, New York, where he attended Gregory B. Jarvis High School. He holds degrees from Roberts Wesleyan College, the University of Cincinnati, and Seattle Pacific University.

He lives in central Indiana with his wife Beth and their two children, and teaches at Taylor University. On the web, he can be found at danielbowmanjr.com, and twitter.com/danielbowmanjr.