Christopher Martin is author of the poetry collection Firmament (Wandering Aengus Press, 2024), which won the Wandering Aengus Book Award and is a nominee for the Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry, and the essay collection This Gladdening Light (Mercer UP, 2017), which won the Georgia Author of the Year Award in Memoir and the Will D. Campbell Award. Chris is also author of three poetry chapbooks and recipient of the George Scarbrough Poetry Prize. His work has appeared in numerous journals and media including On Being, Shambhala Sun, McSweeney's, Thrush, Ruminate, Still, Fourth River, Waccamaw, Poecology, Sugar Mule, Menacing Hedge, Bridge Eight, Raven Chronicles, St. Sebastian Review, Town Creek Poetry, and Loose Change. His current projects include a poetry collection titled Fawn and an essay collection titled Vision of the Unicorn Ghost. He lives in northwest Georgia and teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at Kennesaw State University.