Joshua Mohr is the author of the novels Termite Parade (Editors' Choice on the New York Times bestseller list) and Some Things That Meant the World to Me, one of O magazine's Top 10 reads of 2009 and a San Francisco Chronicle best-seller. He has an MFA from the University of San Francisco and has published numerous short stories and essays in publications such as the New York Times Book Review, 7x7, the Bay Guardian, ZYZZYVA, the Rumpus, among others. He lives in San Francisco and teaches fiction writing. His third novel, Damascus is scheduled to release fall 2011.