Allan Peterson is a celebrated poet and visual artist. He is the author of seven full-length poetry collections, including Amid This (2026), and Fragile Acts (2012), which was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. As a visual artist, Peterson has exhibited widely, including shows with the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, the El Paso Museum of Art, and the New Orleans Academy of Art. His honors and awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Florida Fine Arts Council, among others. The former chair of the visual arts department at Pensacola State College, Peterson currently divides his time between Florida and Oregon.
