Alexi Zentner lives in Ithaca, New York, where he is in his second year at the Cornell University MFA program in Creative Writing. His short story “Touch” was chosen for the O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it will be featured as a jury favorite. Two of Alexi’s short stories were also selected for “special mention” in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Tin House, The Rake, Harpur Palate, the Southwest Review, and other publications. Alexi is represented by Seth Fishman of Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.