The Lithuanian-born American writer Holland Kane is the author of the novelsDeer Creek,Winter ReedsandMorning Light. He spent his childhood in Europe and his teenage years in New York City. He served with distinction in the US Army Signal Corps. Since leaving the service he fled the guilty pleasures of corporate life, jousted with journalism, edited a literary magazine, flirted with bankruptcy, and prospered as an entrepreneur. He holds an MBA in finance, a Master of Fine Arts in fiction, and lives with his wife in the Pacific Northwest. Visit him online atwww.hollandkane.com.

Jennine Capó Crucet is the author of the novel MAGIC CITY RELIC, forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press in 2015. Her story collection isHow to Leave Hialeah, which won theIowa Short Fiction Prize, theJohn Gardner Book Award, the Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award, and was named a Best Book of the Year by theMiami Herald,theMiami New Times,and the Latinidad List.