Ben Tanzer is the author of the books Orphans (Switchgrass, 2013), which won the 24th Annual Midwest Book Award in Fantasy/SciFi/Horror/Paranormal and a Bronze medal in the Science Fiction category at the 2015 IPPY Awards; Lost in Space (Curbside Splendor, 2014); which received an Honorable Mention in the Chicago Writers Association 2014 Book Awards Traditional Non-Fiction category; and The New York Stories, among others. He has also contributed to Punk Planet, Clamor, and Men's Health, serves as Director, Acquisitions for Curbside Splendor, and can be found online at This Blog Will Change Your Life.