Bill Ratner’s personal essays and short stories are published in The Baltimore Review, The Coachella Review, Hobo Pancakes, FeminineCollective.com, Blue Lake Review, Spork Press, Niteblade, Papier Maché Press, The Missouri Review Audio Contest, and Wolfsinger Publications. He is the author of the National Indie Excellence Award-winning book Parenting for the Digital Age—The Truth About Media’s Effect on Children from Familius Press. Bill is a nine-time winner of The Moth Story Slams. His spoken-word performances are featured on National Public Radio’s Good Food, The Business, and KCRW’s Strangers. More info: http://www.billratner.com/author