Milligan, Bryce, 1953-

Bryce Milligan is the author of three volumes of poetry, five historical novels, and more than 2,000 articles. He is the publisher/editor of Wings Press and former director of the literature program at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center..

Milligan is the author of five collections of poetry, Daysleepers & Other Poems (1984), Litany Sung at Hell's Gate (1991), From Inside the Tree (1990), Working the Stone (1994), Alms for Oblivion ( 2003) and Lost and Certain of It (2006). Milligan is also the author of four historical novels and short story collections for young adults, beginning with With the Wind, Kevin Dolan (1987), which received the Texas Library Association’s “Lone Star Book for Young Adults” award. Other works for young adults include Battle of the Alamo (1990), Comanche Captive (1990) and Lawmen: Stories of Men Who Tamed the West (1994). Milligan is also the author of five regionally produced plays and well over 2,000 articles, essays, and reviews. He was the book critic for the San Antonio Express-News from 1982 to 1987, and for the San Antonio Light from 1987 to 1990.

The founding editor of Pax: A Journal for Peace through Culture (1983-1987) and Vortex: A Critical Review (1986-1990), he became in 1995 the publisher/editor of Wings Press, one of the oldest continually operating small presses in Texas. In 1985, Milligan co-founded (with Sandra Cisneros) the Annual Texas Small Press Bookfair, which evolved into the San Antonio Inter-American Book Fair. Milligan was the director of the literature program at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio in 1986, and from 1994 to 2000. Milligan has taught at UTSA and Palo Alto college and as poet-in-the-schools with San Antonio ISD, and directed the only 4-year high school creative writing program in the country.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Bryce Milligan has lived in San Antonio since 1977. He is married to Mary Guerrero Milligan, a librarian.

Source: Red Room Writer Profile, http://www.redroom.com/author/bryce-milligan