Greg Williamson grew up in Nashville, Tn. His first book, The Silent Partner, won the Nicholas Roerich Prize in 1995. His second book, Errors in the Script, was runner-up for the NYC Poet's Prize. He has received a Whiting Award, an NEA grant, and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among other honors. He teaches in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.