Morgan Talty, a winner of the 2021 Narrative Prize, is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation, where he grew up. He received a BA in Native American studies from Dartmouth College and an MFA in fiction from the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast low-residency program. The author of the story collection Night of the Living Rez (Tin House, 2022), a New York Times “Best Book of Summer,” Talty teaches courses in both English and Native American Studies is on the faculty at the Stonecoast MFA in creative writing. He lives in Levant, Maine.