R. Douglas Hackney is an author who draws from his experiences working at a residential school for the blind as a vocational rehabilitation counselor. He has been writing poems and stories since childhood, publishing in high school and college journals and agency newsletters, and has recorded an album of original songs, A Single Essence. His varied work experience as a grocery clerk, carpenter, vineyard manager, minister, and truck driver provides a rich background for his writing. Growing up in Richmond, Virginia, he went on to earn degrees from University of Richmond, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and a master's of rehabilitation counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University.Married with five children, he enjoys reading, hiking, canoeing, camping, folk music, and tinkering with his 1933 Dodge.