Yarrow Paisley was born shortly after the American Bicentennial. He graduated from Bard College with a BA in Literature and has since worked in various professions, including book clerk, photographer, lab grunt, gambler, clipboard canvasser, factory drudge, and letter carrier. Paisley has published four collections of fiction: I, No Other, Divine In Essence (both Whiskey Tit), Mendicant City (Snuggly Books), and Furious in the Expanse (Eibonvale Press).