C. Gregory Thompson lives in Los Angeles, California where he writes fiction, nonfiction, plays and memoir. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Printers Row Journal, Reunion: The Dallas Review, Every Writer’s Resource, and 2paragraphs. He was named a finalist in the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s 2015 Fiction Contest. His short play Cherry won two playwriting awards. He earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside/Palm Desert.