Eugene Cross

EUGENE CROSS was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania and received an MFA from The University of Pittsburgh. "Fires of Our Choosing" is his first book. His stories have appeared in Narrative Magazine (which named him one of "20 Best New Writers" and his story "Harvesters" a "Top Five Story of 2009-2010"), American Short Fiction, Story Quarterly, TriQuarterly, and Callaloo, among other publications. His work was also listed among the 2010 Best American Short Stories' 100 Distinguished Stories. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Chautauqua Writers' Festival and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the winner of the 2009 Dzanc Prize for Excellence in Literary Fiction and Community Service. He currently lives in Chicago where he teaches in the Fiction Department at Columbia College Chicago. You can find him online at www.eugenecross.com.