Keith Hampton

Born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, a short drive from the Ford assembly plant where his father worked, Keith Hampton is a poet and writer with a degree in English from Sonoma State University. Having suffered an ischemic stroke in 2022 and a major heart attack later the same year, Keith is now retired and lives on 10 acres overlooking the largest lake in California with his wife Anne and their son Jack and his girlfriend Nico with the Lhasa Apso, Iggy – their guardian and protector – and the cats Selina and Pirate.