bruce E. Whitacre

Good Housekeeping, 2024 from Poets Wear Prada, a BookLife Reviews Editors Pick and placed 3rd in Poetry at The BookFest Fall 2024. The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks, Crown Rock Media, was also a BookLife Reviews Editors Pick and placed 2nd in Contemporary Poetry at The BookFest Spring 2023. Richard Thomas has narrated the audiobook version of this title. Whitacre’s crown sonnet about the culture of violence won the Nebraska Poetry Society’s 2023 Open Poetry Contest. His poems have appeared in many anthologies and over thirty five journals. He has been nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net.

A Nebraska native, he lives with his husband in Queens, NY.

Prior to devoting full-time to writing, his management career included executive positions in public accounting, publishing, international economic development, banking, and theatre.