Paul Willis, 蜜桃传媒 professor of English, won the 2018 Indies Bronze, Essays and was an Indies Finalist for Autobiography and Memoir by Foreword Reviews for his collection of essays 鈥溾�� (WordFarm, 2018).
The Foreword Reviews, which honor the best books published by an independent press each year, previously awarded Willis the Indies Gold, for 鈥溾�� (WordFarm, 2005).
Willis, Santa Barbara poet laureate from 2011-13, has published several collections of poetry, including 鈥淟ittle Rhymes for Lowly Plants (White Violet Press, 2019), 鈥淒eer at Twilight: Poems from the North Cascades鈥� (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2018), 鈥淕etting to Gardisky Lake鈥� (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2016), 鈥淪ay This Prayer into the Past鈥� (Cascade Books, 2013), 鈥淩osing from the Dead鈥� (WordFarm, 2009) and 鈥淰isiting Home鈥� (Pecan Grove Press, 2008). With David Starkey, he co-edited 鈥淚n a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare鈥� (University of Iowa Press, 2005). He has published numerous poems in journals such as Poetry, Ascent, Wilderness, and Christian Century.
In 2010, he published a revised version of his first novel, 鈥淣o Clock in the Forest,鈥� together with three sequels, in a single book, 鈥淭he Alpine Tales.鈥�
He graduated from Wheaton College, earned a doctorate in English at Washington State University, and has taught at 蜜桃传媒 since 1988.