Wes Blake is the author of PINEVILLE TRACE—Publishers Weekly BookLife Editor’s Pick, winner of the Etchings Press Novella Prize, featured on Deep South Magazine’s Reading List, finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award, Feathered Quill Book Award, and National Indie Excellence Award—from Etchings Press, Univ. of Indianapolis. Pulitzer Prize finalist author Lee Martin called him a “writer to watch,” and SmokeLong Quarterly described his debut novel as an “utterly compelling read.” His novel ANTENNA was a semifinalist for the UNO (Univ. of New Orleans) Press Book Prize, and his creative nonfiction essay collection HAZELGREEN AND OTHER HAUNTS was a semifinalist for the Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize. His writing has appeared in Electric Literature, storySouth, Appalachian Journal, Louisiana Literature Journal, Los Angeles Review, and Book of Matches among others. He holds an MFA from the Bluegrass Writers Studio and lives in Nonesuch, Kentucky with his wife and cats, where they’ve planted over 100 trees. Learn more at wesblake.com or follow Wes on Instagram (@wesblake_).