Robert Epstein is a psychotherapist, haiku poet and anthologist who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has edited several anthologies, including The Helping Hand Haiku Anthology and the forthcoming collection, The Haiku Way to Healing: On Illness, Injury and Pain. His most recent books of original haiku and senryu include A Hummingbird Still: Haiku & Senryu in the Spirit of J. Krishnamurti and Checkout Time is Noon: Death Awareness Haiku (Tenth Anniversary Edition).