Simon Han’s debut novel, NIGHTS WHEN NOTHING HAPPENED, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books (Nov 17, 2020). His short stories have appeared in The Iowa Review, Guernica, Electric Literature, and the Texas Observer, and his essays have appeared in The Atlantic and Literary Hub. He’s received awards from the MacDowell Colony, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. A graduate of Vanderbilt University's MFA program, Simon is currently a visiting assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Tulsa.