Arthur W. Campbell was born in Brooklyn, raised in Appalachia, and scholarshipped to Harvard and Georgetown Universities. Prior to earning his law degrees, he was a road-maintenance worker, janitor, boxer, rugby player, and professional musician. He then became a trial lawyer for and against the government in Washington, D.C. Campbell's poetry has won various prizes and been published in literary magazines and anthologies throughout the United States. Married to the novelist Drusilla Campbell, he now teaches at California Western School of Law in San Diego and trains horses in Lakeside, California.