Joseph Swann is the pen name for the writer and illustrator Frank Smith. A member of SFWA, Frank lives in an undisclosed location in New York’s Hudson Valley. You can find his short stories in Clarkesworld, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and Planet Scumm. His nonfiction has appeared in The Awl, Maisonneuve, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Morning News, and The Barnes & Noble Blog.