Ryan G. Van Cleave is author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of nineteen books, including poetry, young adult fiction, and nonfiction. With Virgil Suárez, he is editor of the poetry anthologies Red, White, and Blues: Poets on the Promise of America (Iowa, 2004), Vespers: Contemporary American Poems of Religion and Spirituality (Iowa, 2003), Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America (Iowa, 2002), and American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement (Iowa, 2001).