Peter LaSalle is the author of two previous short story collections and a novel. His fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including "Paris Review", "Tin House", "Southern Review", "Best American Short Stories", "Best of the West", "Sports Best Short Stories", and "Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards". He has taught at universities in this country and in France and, in 2005, received the Award for Distinguished Prose from the "Antioch Review".