John McNally is the author of "Troublemakers," a Book Sense 76 pick, and winner of both the John Simmons Short Fiction Award (2000) and the Nebraska Book Award (2001). He's edited four anthologies, most recently "Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories." He's been the recipient of Michener (University of Iowa), Djerassi (University of Wisconsin), and Jenny McKean Moore (George Washington University) fellowships. A native of Chicago's southwest side, he's presently an assistant professor of English at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he lives with his wife. Readers may contact John McNally at bookofralph@aol.com