HR Hegnauer is the author of When the Bird is Not a Human and Sir, as well as two chapbooks. She has read from her work widely at universities, conferences, bookstores, and in numerous reading series. HR is a book designer specializing in working with independent and university publishers as well as individual writers, translators, and artists. She has designed approximately 300 books. She has also taught writing and literature courses at the University of Colorado, Lighthouse Writers, Johnson & Wales University, and Naropa University in addition to guest lecturing at many other universities. She received her MFA in Writing & Poetics from Naropa University and her MBA in Business from the University of Denver.