Jesse Goolsby is an Air Force officer and the author of the novel I'd Walk with My Friends If I Could Find Them (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He is the recipient of the Richard Bausch Fiction Prize, the John Gardner Memorial Award in Fiction, and a distinguished fellowship from the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences. His work has been listed as notable in both Best American Essays and Best American Short Stories, and selected for Best American Mystery Stories. He serves as a genre editor for the literary journals War, Literature & the Arts and The Southeast Review. He was raised in Chester, California, and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida. For news, events, and reviews, visit his official author site at jessegoolsby.com.