Lucille Lang Day was born December 5, 1947, in Oakland, California, and grew up in Oakland and nearby Piedmont. She is the author of a memoir, eleven poetry collections and chapbooks, two children’s books, and dozens of short stories, creative nonfiction pieces, and reviews. In addition, she has coedited two poetry anthologies and published hundreds of poems in magazines and anthologies. She received her M.A. in English and M.F.A. in creative writing at San Francisco State University, and her M.A. in zoology and Ph.D. in science/mathematics education at the University of California at Berkeley. The founder and publisher of a small press, Scarlet Tanager Books, she also served for seventeen years as the director of the Hall of Health, an interactive children's museum in Berkeley.