This week our guest is Jarret Keene. Jarret earned his PhD in creative writing at Florida State University. A beloved and highly sought after professor, Dr. Keene is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he teaches American literature and the graphic novel. 

He has written a travel guide, a rock-band biography, poetry collections and edited short-fiction anthologies including Las Vegas Noir and Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas. His newest book Hammer of the Dogs is a YA dystopian thriller set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas. His work can be found at jarretkeene.net