Thomas Mitchell studied writing at California State University, Sacramento where he received his MA in English, and worked with the poet, Dennis Schmitz. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, where he studied with Richard Hugo, Madeline DeFrees, and William Kittredge. His poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He taught middle school in Southern Oregon for 31 years, and now can be found walking the beaches along the Oregon coast.
