Tony Robles is the author of 3 collections of poetry, Cool Don't Live Here No More--A letter to San Francisco, Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike and his latest, Thrift Store Metamorphosis, published by Redhawk Publications in Hickory, North Carolina. His work has been published widely in anthologies and collections. He was short list nominated for Poet Laureate of San Francisco in 2017 and is a 3 time Pushcart Prize nominee. He is a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts.