Blair Hamelink was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He has lived in the United States since 2009 where he works as a skydiving instructor. Blair has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Southern New Hampshire University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing and poetics from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. He is the author of the chapbook, "Ill Weathers & Other Fates" (Quillkeepers Press, 2024). He has also been published in Bombay Gin Literary Journal, and by Kavyayantra Press. He lives in Colorado with his dog.