Matt Knutson is a graduate of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop. He's been a resident at the Sundress Academy for the Arts and his work has appeared in Cola Literary Review, Expat Press, Bat City Review and elsewhere. His manuscript Quiet Homes in the Hills was a semi-finalist for Iron Horse Literary Review's Chapbook Contest, and his story "So Far Behind I Thought I Was First" was a finalist for Bridge Eight's Summer Short Story Prize. Originally from San Diego, he now lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and cat.