Jordan Foster Humphrey, an MFA student at Hollins University, grew up in the Southeast and has been trying to escape ever since. And yet the pace of life and natural beauty continue to pull him homeward. He currently lives and works and plays in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where he spends his days trail running and writing. Humphrey recently completed his first 100-mile running race and is working on a novel titled Clouds, which he plans to publish in 2018.