Ed Hamilton grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and has a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Louisville. He is the author of Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living with the Artists and Outlaws of New York’s Rebel Mecca (DaCapo, 2007). His fiction has appeared in numerous small journals, both print and online, including Limestone Journal, Riverwalk Journal, Journal of Kentucky Studies, Exquisite Corpse, and Modern Drunkard. He lives in NYC.