A.D. Nauman is a literary author and educator in Chicago whose second novel, Down the Steep, will be released in October 2023. Her short fiction has appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, Willow Springs, TriQuarterly, Roanoke Review, and many other journals. Nauman’s work has been recognized in Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize anthology, produced by Stories on Stage, broadcast on NPR, and granted an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award. Her first novel, Scorch, was recently re-released in an ebook StoryBundle. Now a Midwesterner, Nauman grew up mostly in Tidewater, Virginia. Visit her at adnauman.com. Order DOWN THE STEEP at https://regal-house-publishing.mybigc...