Adrian Van Young is the author of four books of fiction—most recently, Rough Beast from Black Lawrence Press. His fiction, nonfiction, and criticism have been published or are forthcoming in Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, Black Warrior Review, Conjunctions, Guernica, BOMB, Granta, McSweeney’s, and The New Yorker online, among others. He is a professional freelance editor, and splits his time between New Orleans and Paris, where he lives with his family.