Peter Huggins

Peter Huggins was born in Mississippi, grew up in Louisiana, and for the past thirty-two years has lived in Alabama where he taught in the English Department at Auburn University before retiring. He is a poet who has six collections of work in print, has published over three hundred poems in various journals and magazines, and has published one middle grade novel, In the Company of Owls. His first picture book, Trosclair and the Alligator (Star Bright Books, 2006) appeared on the PBS show...See more

Peter Huggins was born in Mississippi, grew up in Louisiana, and for the past thirty-two years has lived in Alabama where he taught in the English Department at Auburn University before retiring. He is a poet who has six collections of work in print, has published over three hundred poems in various journals and magazines, and has published one middle grade novel, In the Company of Owls. His first picture book, Trosclair and the Alligator (Star Bright Books, 2006) appeared on the PBS show Between the Lions, received a Mom's Choice Award, and was selected as a best book by the Bank Street College of Education and by the CCBC at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Visit his website at: phuggins .com See less