W. Todd Kaneko holds degrees from Arizona State University (MFA, Creative Writing) and the University of Washington (BA, English). A recipient of fellowships from Kundiman and the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, his work has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. He is currently Co-Editor for Waxwing magazine, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing at Grand Valley State University. Originally from Seattle, he currently lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the writer Caitlin Horrocks.