David Rachlin (1954-, originally from Massachusetts, is an author, photographer, and digital artist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has taught writing to students of all ages and writing pedagogy to graduate students in Lesley University's MFA program in creative writing. He taught elementary school for many years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Acton, Massachusetts. He has spent much time in Germany, The Netherlands, the American Midwest, and Southwest; landscapes that inform and inspire his poetry and fiction. He has degrees in linguistics, German and creative writing.