The Salt Palace

DARREN DEFRAIN is the author of numerous short stories, essays, and screenplays. He is a graduate of the University of Utah, Kansas State University, Texas State University's M.F.A. program, and Western Michigan University, where he received his Ph.D. in creative writing in 2000. He now lives in Wichita, Kansas with his wife, Melinda, and two daughters, and he is the Director of the Writing Program at Wichita State University.