Matthew Meduri is a writer and educator living in the Midwest and the author of the novel Collegiate Gothic forthcoming from Bordighera Press. His writing has appeared in Catamaran, Gastronomica, Permafrost, Story, and two anthologies and was twice listed as distinguished in Best American Food Writing. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) consortium and is the recipient of a 2022 Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council.