Trebor spent his twenties in San Francisco, where he was active in the spoken word scene of the late 80s and early 90s, publishing 5 chapbooks of poetry as well as numerous poems in various reviews, journals, anthologies and zines. In 1994, along with Marci Blackman, he co-edited Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco (Manic D Press), and wrote the song "Denny" for the homocore punk band, Pansy Division.

Trebor was born in San Francisco, raised in Seattle, and studied English and American Literature at the University of California at Berkeley.

For a full listing of his published work, see the Publications page of this website.

Trebor was awarded a writing residency at the Morris Graves Foundation, Summer 2004.

Trebor has worked a variety of jobs to support his writing habit, from washing dishes, busing tables, catering and bartending, to copywriting for the phone company and working for a traffic engineering firm, where he stood on street corners counting traffic for environmental impact reports, once compiling a complete sign inventory for the city of Fremont. In recent years, he has taken to house-painting, brush-clearing, tutoring kids and teenagers, teaching occasional writing workshops, and currently works part-time fundraising for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy.

Trebor went on a 3-month cross-country book tour for his first novel, Through It Came Bright Colors.