W.G. (Bill) Shepherd (1935–2012) was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. His National Service was in the Royal Artillery. He worked for many years in industry before becoming a therapeutic counsellor. His Horace: The Complete Odes and Epodes and Propertius: The Poems were published as Penguin Classics in the 1980s. Three collections of his poetry appeared with Anvil, and a selection of the Roman poet Statius, shared with Anthony Howell. His last collection of poems was Mother’s Milk (Menard Press, 2006).