Raymond Strom was born in Hibbing, Minnesota. He moved often as a child, living in small towns across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wisconsin before attending college in the Twin Cities. He received his MFA from the City College of New York, where he now works as an academic advisor. His writing has appeared in Fiction and Tweed’s. His debut novel, Northern Lights, was published by Simon & Schuster on February 12, 2019.