Ben Gaa (born Benjamin Albert Gaa, February 16, 1976, Belleville, Illinois, U.S.A.; published as Ben Moeller-Gaa until 2020), works as an IT functional analyst for MilliporeSigma. Has published more than 1,000 haiku and senryu in journals and anthologies; author of two full-length collections of haiku and senryu, Wishbones (2018) and One Breath (2020) as well as three chapbooks. Host of Haiku Talk on YouTube. Lives in St. Louis, Missouri.