Michael Kardos is the author of the novels BEFORE HE FINDS HER (2015) and the critically acclaimed THE THREE-DAY AFFAIR (an Esquire best book of the year), the story collection ONE LAST GOOD TIME (winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for fiction), and THE ART AND CRAFT OF FICTION.His short stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Prairie Schooner, and many other magazines, have won a Pushcart Prize, and were cited several times as Notable Stories in the Best American Short Stories anthology. Kardos grew up at the Jersey Shore, received a degree in music from Princeton University, and played the drums professionally for a number of years. He has an M.F.A. in fiction from The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. He lives in Starkville, Mississippi, where he co-directs the creative writing program at Mississippi State University.Visit www.michaelkardos.com for reading group guides and other information.