Daren  Dean 

Daren Dean is the author of the novel Far Beyond the Pale. He earned a B.S. In Interdisciplinary Studies and was an English Fellow at Central Methodist University. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in BULL (men’s fiction),The Green Hills Literary Lantern, The Oklahoma Review, Midwestern Gothic, Fiction Southeast, and others. His story "Bring Your Sorrow Over Here" was selected as Runner-up in Yemassee's William Richey Short Fiction contest by Judge George Singleton and appeared in the Spring 2012 issue. Another story, "Affliction," was a Finalist in the Glimmer Train Short Fiction Contest for New Writers. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Dean taught writing and literature at Mount Olive College, William Woods University, Westminster College, and the University of Missouri. In addition, he worked in scholarly publishing in the acquisitions and marketing departments at the University of Missouri Press before coming to LSU. He is currently working on a novel about the Civil War in Missouri, featuring such infamous historical characters as William Clarke Quantrill, Bloody Bill Anderson, Frank and Jesse James.