Oscar Casares
Oscar Casares gave up a successful career in advertising to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. He received an MFA at Iowa and his stories have appeared in the <I>Iowa Review</I>, <I>Colorado Review</I>, <I>Northwest Review</I>, and <I>Threepenny Review</I>. He is the author of the short story collection <I>Brownsville</I> and lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife.