Grant Faulkner is the co-host of the Write-minded podcast, which is ranked as the fourth most popular podcast for writers. He’s also an executive producer on America’s Next Great Author and the co-founder of Memoir Nation, the Flash Fiction Institute, and 100 Word Story.

He has published three books on writing: The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story; Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo; and Brave the Page, a teen writing guide.

He’s also published All the Comfort Sin Can Provide, a collection of short stories, Fissures, a collection of 100-word stories, and Nothing Short of 100: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story.

His stories have appeared in dozens of literary magazines, and he has been anthologized in collections such as Norton’s Flash Fiction America; New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction; as well as in several editions of the annual Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction anthologies.

His essays on creativity have been published in The New York Times, Poets & Writers, Lit Hub, Writer’s Digest, and The Writer.

He’s spoken about writing and creativity at conferences around the world, including the Frankfurt Book Fair, Book Expo America, and the Chicago Humanities Festival, and he’s taught at University of California Berkeley, Grinnell College, San Francisco State University, St. Mary’s, and California College for the Arts.

He serves on the National Writing Project Writers Council, Litquake’s Board of Directors, the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Words’ Creative Council, and Left Margin Lit’s Advisory Board.