About the author

Dave Goldstein received his MFA from Emerson College. In 2017, he completed GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator program, after which he was asked to read an excerpt of his novel in progress at Lit Up, their annual fundraiser. Dave’s previous work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Tablet, The Antigonish Review, and Punchnel’s. His novel in progress was recently short-listed for The Exeter Novel Prize. Another novel excerpt won third place in the 2020 Writer’s Digest Short Story contest.

Dave lives in Arlington, MA with his wife and two daughters, both of whom are young enough to believe him when he tells them that, in his spare time, he’s the lead singer of Counting Crows. (He is not the lead singer of Counting Crows. Yet.)