Jeff Vande Zande teaches fiction and screenwriting at Delta College. His books include the novel Into the Desperate Country (March Street Press), the novel Landscape with Fragmented Figures (Bottom Dog Press) and Threatened Species and Other Stories (Whistling Shade Press). His novel American Poet won a Michigan Notable Book Award from the Library of Michigan. In May of 2016, Whistling Shade Press released his most recent novel, Detroit Muscle, which was influenced by Vande Zande’s screenwriting knowledge. He maintains a website at authorjeffvandezande.blogspot.com.