Jen Fawkes’s debut book, Mannequin and Wife (LSU Press) was nominated for a 2020 Shirley Jackson Award, won two 2020 Foreword INDIE Awards (Gold in Short Fiction/HM in Literary Fiction), and was named one of Largehearted Boy’s Favorite Short Story Collections of 2020. Her work has appeared in One Story, Lit Hub, Crazyhorse, Best Small Fictions 2020, and many other venues. The recipient of the 2021 Porter Fund Literary Prize, Jen lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with her husband and several imaginary friends.