Darren DeFrain is the author of the cult novel, The Salt Palace (New Issues Press) and the story collection, Inside & Out (MSR Press).  Both books have been re-released as eBooks by Dzanc Books.  He is the Writing Program Director at Wichita State University and Associate Professor of English there where he teaches, among many other things, courses on graphic novels and narrative.  He lives in Wichita with his wife, writer Melinda DeFrain, their two daughters, and a host of critters.