About the Author

Andrew Valencia was born in Fresno, California and holds degrees from Stanford and the University of South Carolina MFA program. He currently teaches writing and literature on the island of Taiwan. He was a 2014 finalist in the novel category for the William Faulkner/William Wisdom Writer Award. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Silk Road Review, the Ploughshares blog, Day One, The Southern Pacific Review, The Fat City Review, Crack the Spine, and other publications.