STEPHEN GOODWIN is the author of three novels: Kin, The Blood of Paradise, and Breaking Her Fall. His short fiction has appeared in GQ, The Sewanee Review, and Shenadoah. He has also written essays for several magazines, including Country Journal, Golf, The New Republic, and Fly Fisherman. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been a member of the writing faculty at George Mason University since 1979, with the exception of two years when he served as Director of the Literature Program at the NEA. A co-founder of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, Goodwin has served two terms as its president.