Ken Wheaton was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, and raised deep in the heart of Cajun Country. He is the author of The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival, Bacon and Egg Man, and Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears. Wheaton has been a Pushcart nominee for fiction and in 2016 was awarded the Jesse H. Neal Award for commentary. He was also included in Voices from Louisiana: Profiles of Contemporary Writers. Previously the editor of Advertising Age, Wheaton now pays his bills as a content strategist and editorial consultant. He has also written for Fortune, Uncommon Caribbean, and The Takeout. After living in Brooklyn for almost 20 years, he and his wife Cara (also from Louisiana) packed up their two tiny poodles and moved to the mountains of Colorado. Find him on the web at kenwheatonwrites.com
