Ron Dakron is the author of the novels Tricky, Hello Devilfish!, Mantids, Hammers, Newt, and infra. His work runs the gamut from surrealism to sci-fi pastiche. Born in Chicago, Dakron played in garage bands before moving to Seattle, where he worked as a street violinist and house painter. He instigated various poetry slams with a confrontational style “drenched in faux punkery.” Dakron considers himself “a proud working-class novelist who dreams up Big Lit.”