An Tran is a parkour coach, a nationally competitive powerlifter, a software developer, and a writer of fiction and essays. His work has appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Gargoyle Magazine, Carolina Quarterly, Sundog Lit, and elsewhere, and has received a “Notable” distinction from the Best American series, nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and shortlisted for the Million Writers Award. He received his MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and lives in Fairfax, Virginia. His first collection of stories, Meditations on the Mother Tongue is out with C&R Press now!