Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles poet and educator, who was appointed the first poet laureate of West Hollywood. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has published the collections Inheritance and Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat. His newest collection A Quilt for David (City Lights, 2021) is the product of ten years of research regarding dentist David Acer’s life. He edited My Life is Poetry, showcasing his students’ work from the first-ever autobiographical poetry workshop for LGBT seniors.

Reigns earned a BA in creative writing from the University of South Florida, a Master of Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, and is a 14-time recipient of The Los Angeles County’s Department of Cultural Affairs’ Artist in Residency Grant. He has lectured and taught writing workshops around the country to LGBT youth and people living with HIV. Reigns is touring The Gay Rub, an exhibition of rubbings from LGBT landmarks, and he facilitates the monthly Lambda Lit Book Club.