Ron Heacock lives with his wife, Karen Walasek, and her loyal service dog, Finn. They live on their 34 acre farm, HillHouse Farms, in the hills of southern Tennessee. Ron spent many years as a performing songwriter and has shared the stage with such notable artists as Alan Ginsberg and Pete Seeger. His work has been published in Connotation, PaperTape, The LIMN Literary & Arts Journal, Cease Cows, Far Enough East, Rawboned, and The Pitkin Review. He earned his MFA in creative writing at the Goddard College and is pursuing an MFAIA in adaptation and screenplay.