Brad Kessler is a critically acclaimed novelist whose work has been translated into several languages. He won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Fiction for his novel (2006), A Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as a Whiting Writer’s Award. He is an educator and farmer and author of the literary non-fiction . His other books include: (2021) a finalist for 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and the 2022 Vermont Book Award; Lick Creek (2001), a novel, and (2001). He is the editor and co-creator of (2023). His work has appeared in many publications including the , , , and Lit Hub. He’s received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies. He teaches creative writing at the MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles, and has lectured at, among other places, Northwestern University, Smith College, the New School University, and the Kenyan Writer’s Workshop. He is a graduate of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma and runs a small goat dairy in Southwestern Vermont alongside the photographer and activist, Dona Ann McAdams.