Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of the novels Haywire, Tetched and Roughhouse. All three books were finalists for an Asian American Literary Award, and Haywire won the Members’ Choice Award. He teaches at Medgar Evers College and at the Writer's Voice of the West Side YMCA in New York. He recently received a fellowship in fiction writing from the New York Foundation for the Arts. His web site is www.thaddeusrutkowski.com.