Brian Ray grew up in Marietta, Georgia, and now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is completing a Ph.D. in English at UNC-Greensboro. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of South Carolina, where he taught courses in writing and literature. He is a winner of the 2007 James Dickey Prize for Short Story; the 2005 James Dickey Prize for Poetry; and the 2007 S.C. Fiction Project. He was also a finalist for the 2007 Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society Award for the Novella. Through the Pale Door is the winner of the inaugural South Carolina First Novel Prize, sponsored by the S.C. Arts Commission.
Brian Ray grew up in Marietta, Georgia, and now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is completing a Ph.D. in English at UNC-Greensboro. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of South Carolina, where he taught courses in writing and literature. He is a winner of the 2007 James Dickey Prize for Short Story; the 2005 James Dickey Prize for Poetry; and the 2007 S.C. Fiction Project. He was also a finalist for the 2007 Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society Award for the Novella. Through the Pale Door is the winner of the inaugural South Carolina First Novel Prize, sponsored by the S.C. Arts Commission.