Douglas Penick’s collection of mixed prose, poetry, and theater pieces, The Wanderer, was published in 2015 by Mountain Treasury Press. He has written libretti for two operas, received a grant from the Witter Bynner Foundation for his poetry, and written on commission for the New York Philharmonic and for music by Philip Glass and others. He has also written three full-length renditions of episodes from the Gesar of Ling cycle, and a novel about the third Ming emperor, A Journey of the North Star (Publerati, 2011). He is married to Deborah Marshall. (updated 4/2015)