TadCrawfordgrew up in the artists' colony of Woodstock, New York. He is the author of many nonfiction books andhis writing has appeared in venues such asArt in America, the Cafe Irreal, Confrontation, Communication Arts, FamilyCircle, Glamour, Guernica, the Nation, and Writer'sDigest. The founder and publisher ofAllworth Press, he lives in New York City.