Aaron Burch is the author of the essay collection, A Kind of In-Between, and the novel, Year of the Buffalo, among others. He edited the craft anthology How to Write a Novel: An Anthology of 20 Craft Essays About Writing, None of Which Ever Mention Writing, and is currently the editor of the journals Short Story, Long and HAD. His next book, TACOMA, will be out from Autofocus Books in 2026.