Matt Knutson is a graduate of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop. His debut fiction collection, So Far Behind I Thought I Was First, is forthcoming with Pool Party Books in December 2026. He's been a resident at the Sundress Academy for the Arts and his work has appeared in Cola Literary Review, Cold Signal, 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 "Stormin’ Norman’s Ferry" recently won Midsummer Dream House’s Fiction Contest. Originally from San Diego, he now lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and son.