Miriam Gershow is the author of three books of fiction, Closer, Survival Tips: Stories and The Local News. Her creative nonfiction is featured in Salon, Craft, and Heavy Feather Review, among other journals. She is the recipient of a Fiction Fellowship from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, an Oregon Literary Fellowship, and is a two-time finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She was the organizer of “100 Notable Small Press Books 2025,” a curated list of the year’s recommended books from independent publishers.