Beau Lee Gambold is a writer from rural Mississippi, currently based in New York. He has served in the Peace Corps, worked in politics, waited tables, bicycled across America, maintained wilderness trails, been nationally ranked in karate, ordained as a Buddhist monk, worked the front desk at an abortion clinic, and much else.

Beau writes mostly fiction, most of which is genre-leaning (or embracing) and is about trying to be a good person in a complex world. He has an MFA from Columbia University, where he served as a Chair’s Fellow. His work has appeared in Third Coast, The Rumpus, Permafrost, Passengers Journal, Eclectica, and others. He’s written copy for small businesses, global non-profits, and international theater projects. His short fiction has won several small awards.