Brian Crawford is a computer programmer living in Marin County, California. In addition to short fiction and memoirs, he has written a historical novel Toki about the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga, and several collections of memoirs and short stories. His stories have been published in the print magazines Bust-Out Stories and Paradox Historical Fiction, and the online journals Slow Trains, e-clips, Clean Sheets, Sedona's Attic, and Oysters and Chocolate, where his story The Heat won a $500 Grand Prize. His short-short story Heart to Heart won Honorable Mention in the Whim's Place 2006 Flash Fiction contest, and The Find won Second Prize in their 2007 contest.