Charles Riffee

Charles Riffee is an oncology healthcare chaplain who began his work in pediatrics. He is a graduate from Yale Divinity School in New Haven. He studied human growth and development, theology, and ethics. Charles writes poetry and prose with themes of kindness, resilience, redemption, and hope. He published his inaugural children's story Hoo's Lullaby in 2026, ten years after creating the poem for his first child to celebrate her birth.