Eric Wasserman was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, where he attended Lewis & Clark College. He holds an MFA from Emerson College in Boston and is the author of a collection of short stories, The Temporary Life (La Questa Press, 2005). His short story, “He’s No Sandy Koufax,” won First Prize in the 13th Annual David Dornstein Creative Writing Contest, and his work has appeared in many publications, including Glimmer Train and Poets & Writers Magazine Online. His story “Brothers” recently won the 2007 Červená Barva Press Fiction Chapbook Prize and will be published in June. Eric recently completed his first novel, Celluloid Strangers, which is set in late 1940s Los Angeles and tackles the anti-Semitic nature of the early McCarthy witch hunts in Old Hollywood. He is currently working on a new novel based on the biblical story of Abraham being instructed by God to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Eric lives in Ohio with his wife, fantasy writer Thea Ledendecker, their two cats, and is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Akron.

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"I believe that when you’re young you should go to all the places you’re uncomfortable in and prove yourself, because someday you’re going to have to prove yourself. " --John Cassavetes, director/writer of "Opening Night".

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