David Chorlton has lived in Phoenix since 1978 when he moved from Vienna, Austria, 
with his wife. Born in Austria, he grew up in Manchester, close to rain and the 
northern English industrial zone. In his early 20s he went to live in Vienna and 
from there enjoyed many trips around Europe to enjoy and paint its landscapes and 
towns. In Arizona he continued his art work as well as writing poetry. He has grown 
ever more fascinated by the desert and its wildlife, and especially enjoys the 
mountain ranges of southern Arizona.  Along with work in print, he has online 
chapbooks which include Dry Heat (Origami Condom Press:  
http://www.origamicondom.org/Chapbooks/DChorlton.01.pdf ) and Melancholy’s 
Architecture(in Slow Trains: http://www.slowtrains.com/vol7issue4/melancholycover.html ). 
In 2008, he won the Ronald Wardall Award from Rain Mountain Press for his chapbook 
The Lost River, and in 2009 he won the Slipstream Chapbook Competition for 
From the Age of Miracles.