Born in Suffolk, England, Joel Willans has lived in Canada, Finland and Peru. A Pushcart Prize nominated writer, he's been published in half a dozen anthologies and many magazines, including Brand, Southword, Penumbra, The Delinquent and The Momaya Review.

His fiction can also be found online at places like Word Riot, Prick-of- the-Spindle, Every Day Fiction, Pank and The Battered Suitcase. In the last year, his stories have broadcast on BBC Radio and performed on stage. In 2008 he also won the Yeovil Literary Prize and Global Short Story Award.