Kristen Gleason is the author of the short story collection The Wallet and Other Thefts (Fonograf Editions). Her fiction appears in McSweeney’s, Los Angeles Review of Books, Boston Review, and elsewhere. Her story “Mumbai” won BOMB’s Biannual Fiction Contest, and her story “The Refugee” was the North American winner of The White Review Short Story Prize. She has been a Writing Fellow at A Public Space and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to northern Norway. Recently, she received The Tom La Farge Award for Innovative Writing, Teaching and Publishing. She lives in Athens, Georgia.
