Fran Wilde's books include her Nebula and Compton Crook award-winning debut Updraft and the Nebula award-winning, Best of NPR selection Riverland. Her fiction has appeared in numerous publications and "best of" anthologies. She teaches at colleges and MFA programs nationwide; edits fiction for the Sunday Morning Transport; writes nonfiction for publications including the Washington Post, the New York Times, and NPR.org; and hoards both fountain pens and ink. You can find her at Franwilde.net.