Nicholas Ward is a personal essayist, arts administrator, and company member with 2nd Story, a storytelling community. His work has appeared in Catapult, The Billfold, Bird’sThumb, Midwestern Gothic, Hinterland Magazine, and Belt Publishing’s Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook. He lives in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, works as the booking manager at Young Chicago Authors, and is a community organizer with the 48th Ward Neighbors for Justice.