Lysley A. Tenorio earned his M.F.A. from the University of Oregon. Formerly the George Bennett Fellow at Phillips Exeter Academy and the James McCreight Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin"s Institute for Creative Writing, he is currently a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Born in Olongapo City, Philippines, he grew up in San Diego and now lives in San Francisco. This is his first publication. His work is forthcoming in The Atlantic Monthly.