Townsend Walker's novella La Ronde was published in 2015. His short stories have appeared in over 75 literary journals. "A Little Love, A Little Shove" and "Down at the Devil" were nominated for PEN?O.Henry Awards. The two stories are included in his new collection, 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies. It has received a Book Excellence Award. During a career in finance he wrote A Guide for Using the Foreign Exchange Market, Managing Risk with Derivatives, and Managing Lease Portfolios. He lives in San Francisco and conducts a creative writing workshop at San Quentin Prison.