Jacob White is the author of the story collection "Being Dead in South Carolina." His fiction has appeared in many journals, including "The Georgia Review," "New Letters," "Salt Hill," and "The Sewanee Review," from whom he received the Andrew Lytle Prize in Fiction. His writing has received several honorable mentions in The Pushcart Prize and "Best American Short Stories" anthologies. He's held the Donald Barthelme Memorial Fellowship in Fiction at the University of Houston, where he received a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing. He has been an assistant professor of writing and literature at Johnson State College (Vermont), whose magazine "Green Mountains Review" he continues to co-edit. He lives now in Ithaca, New York with his wife, son, and dog.