Born in 1970 on an Army base in Stuttgart, West Germany, Lance Phillips spent his childhood in diverse locations, including Las Vegas, NV, Del Rio, TX, New Castle, PA, and Charlotte, NC. He earned a BA in English from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. 

Phillips has published five poetry collections: Corpus Socius, Cur aliquid vidi, These Indicium Tales, and Mimer (Ahsahta Press), and Devil-Fictions (BlazeVox Books). In 2008, BlazeVox Books also published his experimental autobiography, The Imposture Notebook. His poetry and other writings have appeared in numerous print and online journals, including New American Writing, Volt, Fence, Colorado Review, Slope, Verse, Denver Quarterly, Bennington Review, Bombay Gin, The Tiny, The Elephants, and Fourteen Hills. Additionally, his work has been featured in anthologies such as Then&Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing Anthology, Lenoir-Rhyne University’s tribute to Black Mountain College, Far From the Centers of Ambition anthology, The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel, and Fence Magazine’s A Best Of Fence: The First Nine Years. He currently resides in Huntersville, NC, with his wife and their two adult children.