Matthew Burriesci’s fiction has appeared in numerous literary
magazines. From 1999 to 2011 he served in various capacities at the Association
of Writers and Writing Programs, including the organization’s acting executive
director. From 1997 to 1999 he served as the marketing manager for the Tony
Award–winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. He received his BA in
English and rhetoric from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, studied
Shakespeare during an honors seminar at Oxford University, and received his MFA
from George Mason University in 2002. He lives in Chicago.
