Dwight Allen received a BA from Lawrence University and an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. His stories have been published in literary magazines and anthologies including the "Georgia Review, the "Missouri Review, "Shenandoah, and "New Stories from the South. He worked for and contributed nonfiction to the "New Yorker and to "Wigwag before moving to Madison, Wisconsin, where he now lives with his wife and son.