David Scronce was born in San Diego and raised along the Southern California coast. He is the director of student service systems at the University of California, Berkeley, holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from UC San Diego, and an M.F.A. from the writing seminars at Bennington College. His work have appeared in 5AM, Bennington Review, Cloud View Poets, modern words, Poetalk, Review/Revue, RUNES and the Squaw Valley Review; and on-line at PoetryBay.com. David is a Pushcart prize nominee. He lives with his partner in San Francisco where he enjoys raising orchids that his cats enjoy eating.