William Shunn is the author of the award-nominated memoir The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary. His dozens of short stories have appeared in Asimov's, F&SF, Science Fiction Age, Salon, Storyteller, Bloodstone Review, Newtown Literary, and Electric Velocipede, among other publications. His science fiction has been shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards, and frequently addresses the human and social ramifications of near-future technological change. He lives in Queens, New York, where he hosts and produces the monthly Line Break literary reading series.