Jon Boilard was born and raised in small towns in Western Massachusetts. Today he lives and writes in Northern California. His debut short story collection, Settright Road (Dzanc Books, 2017), was preceded by two novels, The Castaway Lounge (Dzanc Books, 2015) and A River Closely Watched (MacAdam Cage, 2013), which was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award the following year. Jon's award-winning short stories have appeared in some of the finest literary journals in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. He has participated in the Cork International Short Story Festival in Cork, Ireland, the Wroclaw Short Story Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, and LitQuake in San Francisco, California.
