Born in China and raised in Libya and the American South, the author received his Master’s degree from Boston University after studying abroad in Vienna and Jerusalem. His short stories have appeared in Zahir and The Arkansas Literary Forum under the pen name Gibson Monk. His nonfiction work includes a scholarly article on National Socialism in the Harvard University journal Cult/ure (Issue 8, Fall 2012) and an essay on existentialism and video games in the recently released "Past the Sky's Rim: The Elder Scrolls and Theology" (ed. Joshua Wise). He also writes stories for the Kindle Worlds GI Joe and Veronica Mars [to be released June 7]. Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00JA0O3FE