Joe David Bellamy was born in Cincinnati and attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He is the author of thirteen books, notably Suzi Sinzinnati, winner of the Editors’ Book Award, as well as New World Extra, The Lost Saranac Interviews, Literary Luxuries, and The New Fiction. His story collection, Atomic Love, was an AWP Award Series Selection. A voting member of the National Book Critics Circle, Bellamy lives in Florida.