Alexi Zentner‘s fiction has appeared (or is forthcoming) in The Atlantic Monthly, Narrative Magazine, Tin House, Glimmer Train, The Walrus, and Slice Magazine. His short story “Trapline” was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize and was selected for the Best American Short Stories 2009 list of “100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2008.” Touch, Zentner’s first novel, was selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick and a Knopf Canada New Face of Fiction pick. Born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, he currently lives in Ithaca, New York.