Born and raised in Southern California, Adam Prince earned his MFA from the University of Arkansas and his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee. His award-winning fiction has appeared in The Missouri Review, The Southern Review, and Narrative Magazine, among others. He is married to the poet Charlotte Pence and is serving as the 2012-2013 Tickner Fellow at the Gilman School while at work on a novel that takes place in Jakarta, Indonesia. His first book, a short story collection called The Beautiful Wishes of Ugly Men, has just been published with Black Lawrence Press, an imprint of Dzanc Books. His website is His first book, a short story collection called The Beautiful Wishes of Ugly Men, has just been published with Black Lawrence Press, an imprint of Dzanc Books. His website is adamprinceauthor.com