Tom Noyes' newest book is The Substance of Things Hoped For: A Novel (Slant, 2021). He has also published three collections of short fiction: Come by Here: A Novella and Stories (Autumn House, 2014), Spooky Action at a Distance and Other Stories (Dufour, 2008), and Behold Faith and Other Stories (Dufour, 2003). He directs the BFA in Creative Writing Program at Penn State Behrend in Erie, PA, where he also serves as Consulting Editor for the literary journal Lake Effect.