Marlais Olmstead Brand lives and writes in the Great Frozen North that mere mortals know as Minnesota. She is the recipient of the Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize and her work ...view moreMarlais Olmstead Brand lives and writes in the Great Frozen North that mere mortals know as Minnesota. She is the recipient of the Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize and her work has appeared in the Best New American Voices collections by Scribner’s and Harvest Books. The Hungry Coast: Fables from the North Shore of Minnesota is Brand's first collection of short stories. view less