Clinton Van Inman was born in Walton-on-Thames, England in 1945, grew up in North Carolina, and received his BA in Philosophy at San Diego State University 1977. He has been an educator most of his life, and is currently a high school teacher in Tampa Bay. He lives in Sun City Center, Florida, with his wife, Elba.

His recent publications include BelleReve Journal, Mouse Tales, Poetry, Foliate Oak Magazine, BlackCatPoems, BlazeVox, The Tower Journal, Nature Writing, Southern Poets Magazine, and Indiana University Spirits, to name a few.