Jeffrey Ricker is the author of Detours (2011) and the YA fantasy The Unwanted (2014). His stories and essays have appeared in anthologies and magazines, including Foglifter, Phoebe, Little Fiction, The Citron Review, and UNBUILD walls. A 2014 Lambda Literary Fellow and recipient of a 2015 Vermont Studio Center residency, Ricker has an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. For more, visit jeffrey-ricker.com or follow him on Twitter @rickerje or on Instagram @jeffreyricker.