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M. O. Walsh was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is a graduate of The University of Mississippi M.F.A. Program. He is currently the Director of the Creative Writing Workshop at The University of New Orleans.

His stories and essays have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Southern Review, American Short Fiction and Epoch. His short stories have also been anthologized in Best New American Voices, Bar Stories, Best of the Net and Louisiana in Words.

My Sunshine Away is his debut novel. His collection of short stories, entitled The Prospect of Magic, was published in 2010.

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