The Path of Names is Ari Goel­man’s debut nov­el. He has pub­lished about twen­ty short sto­ries, most recent­ly in Dai­ly SF, Strange Hori­zons, and Escape Pod. He is a past win­ner of the Writ­ers of the Future com­pe­ti­tion, and a grad­u­ate of the Clar­i­on West writ­ers work­shop. He lives in Van­cou­ver, Cana­da, with his wife and three children.