Brian Griffin holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia. His fiction, poetry and essays have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies, and his collection Sparkman in the Sky and Other Stories was chosen by Barry Hannah to receive the Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction. Single Lens Reflex was selected as a finalist for the National Poetry Series' 2018 competition. He has taught writing at The University of Virginia, Pellissippi State Community College, and the University of Tennessee. He is former Director of Lifespan Religious Education at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.
