Charles Huckelbury was sentenced to life imprisonment – 35 year minimum – at the age of 27 and has spent the last 28 years in prison. Awarded second place in Prison Life’s fiction contest in 1995, he won the PEN American Center first prize for fiction in 2001. A regular contributor to the JPP since 1997, Charles joined the Editorial Board in 2001 and is now an Associate Editor. He was one of four featured writers in Shawn Thompson’s Letters From Prison (Harper Collins, 2001). His new book of poetry, Tales From the Purple Penguin (BleakHouse Publishing, 2008) has received rave reviews from students and academics.
