Shelby Kinney-Lang is a fiction writer from Laramie, Wyoming. His stories have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Chicago Quarterly Review, Witness, Santa Monica Review, Joyland, and elsewhere. He is a recipient of the 2026 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize, selected by Amber Sparks, and the 2023 O. Henry Prize, selected by Lauren Groff. His debut story collection, SNAKE & SUBMARINE, is forthcoming fall 2027. He lives with his wife and daughter in western Massachusetts.
