Gregory Brown grew up in Maine and holds an MS in journalism from Columbia University. He is a recipient of a teaching-writing fellowship from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Napa Valley Writers Conference. His story “Smoke Jumpers” won Second Place in the 2009 Narrative 30 Below Contest, and Brown was also a finalist in Narrative’s 2012 Spring Story Contest. He lives in Iowa City.