George Estreich received a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.F.A. in poetry from Cornell. He has written two books: Textbook Illustrations of the Human Body, a collection of poems (Cloudbank Books), and The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit, a memoir about raising a daughter with Down syndrome (SMU Press). He has taught literature, creative writing, and composition at the University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, and Oregon State University.