Kyle Hanton is a native of Dimondale, MI. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2013 with a B.S. in English Literature. In 2012, he was co-awarded the Stuart A. Pitt Poetry Prize for the best poem by a midshipman for his work, "Lunar Absence." During naval career, Hanton circumnavigated the globe over two deployments and served as a speechwriter for the Secretary of the Navy. He currently resides in College Park, MD, with his wife, daughter, two dogs, and four cats.