Adam Berlin is the author of Both Members of the Club (Texas Review Press/winner of the 2012 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize), Belmondo Style (St. Martin's Press/winner of the Publishing Triangle's Ferro-Grumley Award) and Headlock (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill). His stories and poetry have appeared in numerous journals. He teaches writing at CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and co-edits J Journal: New Writing on Justice.