Quincy Flowers has a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston and an M.A. in American Literature from New York University, where he was awarded a New York Times Fellowship. He is a recipient of a Ludwig Vogelstein Award for fiction and a Headlands Center for the Arts Residency. Quincy is Assistant Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York. He is currently completing work on his first novel.