Chris Bachelder
Chris Bachelder (born 1971) is an American writer and frequent contributor to the publications "McSweeney's Quarterly Concern" and "The Believer". Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he grew up in Christiansburg, Virginia. He attended Virginia Tech (BA, 1992) and the University of Florida at Gainesville (MFA, 2002). Bachelder has taught fiction writing and literature courses at Colorado College (Assistant Professor), North Carolina Governor's School West, New Mexico State University (Visiting Professor), and The University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA Program for Poets & Writers, along with Sabina Murray, Noy Holland and Anthony Giardina. He currently teaches at the University of  Cincinnati (Associate Professor). Bachelder's e-book, "Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography", was McSweeney's first career-development e-book. By 2004, more than 45,000 people had downloaded the novel. His most recent novel, "The Throwback Special", was published by W.W. Norton and Company in March 2016 and was named as a finalist for the National Book Award.