Steve Schild lives in Winona, Minnesota, with his wife Margaret. They have two grown sons, Jake and Sam. Schild, a faculty member at Saint Mary's University in Winona since 1992, has worked in farming, construction, factories, journalism and public relations. His writing has appeared in USA Today, the Star-Tribune of Minneapolis, and other newspapers. He has written three poetry collections (These Humans, Eros in Autumn, and Gone Away from Crystal Valley), and his poetry has also appeared in four anthologies and a number of literary magazines.