Author: Christopher K. Stone
Alternate names: Christopher K. Stone, M.D.
Bio: Younger son of poet and philanthropist [Donna J. Stone][1]. Published two poems by the age of nine. Editor of both editions of [*Wielder of Words*][2], and author of the poem from which the book's title and epigraph were taken. Chairman of the Matthew J. Pascal Foundation and founder of the Donna J. Stone National Literary Awards. Practicing physician who trained at Southwestern and Columbia.


  [1]: http://openlibrary.org/a/OL6784280A/Donna_J._Stone
  [2]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15166620W/Wielder_of_Words