Daniel Orozco's stories have appeared in "The Best American Short Stories," "The Best American Mystery Stories," "The Best American Essays," and the "Pushcart Prize "anthology, as well as in publications such as "Harper's Magazine," "Zoetrope: All-Story," "McSweeney's," "Ecotone," and "StoryQuarterly." He was awarded a 2006 NEA Fellowship in fiction, and was a finalist for a 2006 National Magazine Award in fiction. A former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford, he teaches creative writing at the University of Idaho.