John SmolensJohn Smolens is author of Cold, The Invisible World, Fire Point, and The Anarchist. He received his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1984 and is currently head of the MFA program at Northern Michigan University.  His novel Te Schoolmaster's Daughter will be published by Pegasus Books in paperback in September, 2012.  You can visit his site at www.johnsmolens.com. Read More Read Less