George Bishop, Jr., worked as an actor in Los Angeles before moving overseas to teach.  Over two decades he’s lived and taught in Slovakia, Turkey, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, India, and most recently Japan.  He holds a BA from Loyola University of New Orleans, an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and an MA from the School for International Training in Vermont.  His stories and essays have appeared in publications such as The Oxford American, The Third Coast, Press, American Writing, The Turkish Daily News, The Caspian Business News, and Vorm (in Dutch).  Letter to My Daughter (Ballantine Books, 2010) is his first published novel.