Kyle Conner holds a Masters in Creative Writing – Poetry from Temple University and has published 4 chapbooks of poetry. He also is a librettist and singer with the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia. His second libretto, The Anonymous Child, with music by composer Michael Robert Smith, will receive its world premiere in December 2024 with the Mendelssohn Chorus. He works in regulatory oversight at Thomas Jefferson University, where among his roles he serves as co-editor-in-chief of Evanescent: A Journal of Literary Medicine, an annual publication of creative writing addressing topics within the domains of health and medicine.