Andrew Maynard is a writer and teacher based in San Francisco. His essays have appeared in Bending Genres, DIAGRAM, True Story, Mud Season Review, Essay Daily, Switchback, Bayou Magazine, and other venues. His essay “Take Your Son to Work Day” has been optioned for film. He currently teaches middle school English and has taught creative writing at the University of San Francisco and San Quentin State Prison. At work on a novel and essay collection, he lives with his wife, son, and manic coonhound, River.