Theodore Deppe was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He is the author of Children of the Air (1990) and The Wanderer King (1996), both published by Alice James Books. A recipient of a Pushcart Prize, he has also received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. For two decades, Deppe worked as a registered nurse. From 1998-1999, Deppe was writer-in-residence at the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut. During the summer of 2000, he and his wife moved to Cape Clear Island to live and write for a year in the southernmost house in Ireland. Currently, he teaches in the M.A. programme at The Poets' House in Donegal.