Ben KostivalBen Kostival was born and raised in Pennsylvania, but he has lived in many states, including Alaska. He has held dozens of jobs. His fiction has appeared in a number of literary journals. He's also the author of The Canyons, which Howard Zinn called n ingenious blending of fact and fiction. Currently he resides in Boston, where he enjoys reading, sitting quietly, being calm, and remaining motionless for hours at a time. Read More Read Less