<link href="css/hmh.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:40664d38-e881-42e2-925c-4c22fb04475d" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <h1 class="backtitle SC">About the Author</h1> <p class="left ">D<span class="smallcaps">ONALD</span> H<span class="smallcaps">ALL</span>, who served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, awarded by President Obama. He lives in Wilmot, New Hampshire.</p> </body> </html>