Jeff Worley is a former Kentucky Poet Laureate. Worley has published six books of poetry, four chapbooks, and was editor of the anthology What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets (University Press of Kentucky). His latest book of poetry, The Poet Laureate of Aurora Avenue: Selected Poems, was released in October 2022. He teaches classes in poetry writing at the Carnegie Center and mentors Author Academy writers of poetry.