Gabriel Urza’s family is from the Basque region of Spain where he lived for several years. He is a grant recipient from the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and his short fiction and essays have been published in Riverteeth, Hobart, Erlea, The Kenyon Review, West Branch, Slate and other publications. His first novel, All That Followed, is available now from Henry Holt & Co.  He is currently an assistant professor of Writing at Ithaca College.