Brad Felver is a fiction writer, essayist, and teacher of writing. He is the author of a story collection, The Dogs of Detroit, which won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, was a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award, and was named one of Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. His other honors include the O. Henry Award, a Pushcart Prize Special Mention, the Zone 3 Fiction Prize, and a Bread Loaf fellowship. His fiction and essays have appeared widely in magazines such as One Story, Colorado Review, Midwestern Gothic, Hunger Mountain, and New England Review. He lives in northern Ohio with his wife and two sons.