Grant Faulkner is the cofounder of Memoir Nation, the cofounder of 100 Word Story, an executive producer on America’s Next Great Author, and the former executive director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).
He has published three books on writing: The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story; Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo; and Brave the Page, a teen writing guide. He has also published All the Comfort Sin Can Provide, a collection of short stories; Fissures, a collection of 100-word stories; and something out there in the distance, a collaboration with the photographer Gail Butensky.
His stories have appeared in dozens of literary magazines, and he has been anthologized widely. His essays on creativity have been published in the New York Times, Poets & Writers, Lit Hub, Writer’s Digest, and The Writer.
He serves on the National Writing Project Writers Council, Litquake’s Board of Directors, the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Words’ Creative Council, and Left Margin Lit’s Advisory Board.