Richard Casshas written and published short stories since 1986. He's won prizes for his short fiction from Redbook and Playboy magazines, as well as from the Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference. He was an Individual Artist Fellow for the state of New Hampshire in 1992 and has studied fiction writing with Thomas Williams and Ursula LeGuin. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he fishes for trout and salmon and supports himself by writing about technology for lay audiences.