Chris Dean –Indiana Beat Poet Laureate (2025-2027) is a storyteller, graphic designer and Magpie Poet who writes from the heart of Indiana, where they live with their husband and too many cats to mention. 

They are the co-founder and managing editor of Keeping the Flame Alive Press.

Their work has been featured online, in multiple print anthologies, and they are the author of three full-length books of poetry, tales from a broken girl, we’re all stories in the end, and pyre.