HR Hegnauer is the author of When the Bird is Not a Human (Subito Press, 2018) and Sir (Portable Press, 2013), as well as two chapbooks. She has read from her work widely at universities, conferences, bookstores, and in numerous reading series. HR is a book designer specializing in working with independent publishers as well as individual artists and writers. She received her MFA in Writing & Poetics from Naropa University, where she has also taught in the Summer Writing Program, and her MBA in Business from the University of Denver.