Richard Gilmore Loftus had a nomadic upbringing, spending time in the Midwest, Greenwich Village, Dublin, and Majorca and later finding his way to South Africa and Rwanda. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in English literature and history. Loftus lives and writes in Michigan, where he enjoys playing piano and violin, walking with his dog, and building wooden boats. Autumn is his third full-length poetry collection, preceded by Dress Whites and Fireflies.