David Nikki Crouse is the author of Copy Cats, The Man Back There, Trouble Will Save You, and I'm Here: Alaska Stories. Their work has been awarded the Flannery O'Connor Award in Short Fiction, the Mary McCarthy Prize, the Lawrence Prize, the Witness Short Fiction Award, and other recognitions. They live in Seattle, Washington, where they teach at the University of Washington-Seattle and serve as the W. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Endowed Professor in Creative Writing.