Melanie Con­roy-Gold­man is an Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Cre­ative Writ­ing at Hobart and William Smith Col­leges where she was a found­ing direc­tor of the Trias Res­i­den­cy for Writ­ers, which has host­ed such nota­bles as Mary Gait­skill, Lidia Yuk­nav­itch, and Jeff Van­der­Meer. Her fic­tion has been pub­lished in jour­nals such as South­ern Review and Sto­ryQuar­ter­ly, in antholo­gies from Mor­row and St. Martin’s, and online at venues such as McSweeney’s. She also vol­un­teers at a max­i­mum secu­ri­ty men’s prison with the Cor­nell Prison Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram. Her work is rep­re­sent­ed by Bill Clegg at the Clegg Agency. She lives in Itha­ca, New York with her hus­band, daugh­ter, and step-daughters.