"This ambitious, adventurous writer . . . recalls Anton Chekhov with his amused appreciation of human foibles."-Wendy Smith, Chicago Tribune

Winner of a Nelson Algren Award, a Pushcart Prize, and a finalist for the 2008 Story Prize, Joe Meno has written two short story collections and four novels, including Hairstyles of the Damned and The Great Perhaps. He teaches creative writing at Columbia College in Chicago.