Matthew M. Quick is a Philadelphian, a graduate of Goddard College's Creative Writing M.F.A. program, and the current Quay fiction editor. Forthcoming is his first novel, The Silver Linings Playbook (Sarah Crichton Books at Farrar, Straus & Giroux), and his shorter works have appeared in The Sun, AGNI, Black Warrior Review, Meridian, Portland Review, The Boston Phoenix, and elsewhere. (Website: www.matthewmquick.com)