Jim Tomlinson has published short fiction in Five Points, the Pinch, and Shenandoah. He was awarded the 2005 Al Smith Fellowship for Fiction by the Kentucky Arts Council. He grew up in a small Illinois town and now lives with his wife in rural Kentucky, where he is hard at work on a novel.

"First Husband, First Wife" was recently chosen as one of the "100 Distinguished Stories" of the year for 2006, please click here for more information.