Chris Belden ran a weekly creative writing workshop at a maximum-security prison for more than ten years. He is the author of the novels Shriver (now a movie starring Michael Shannon and Kate Hudson) and Carry-on and the story collection The Floating Lady of Lake Tawaba. His essay ""Inside Words: How to Teach Writing in Prison"" was awarded the 2013 Bechtel Prize by Teachers and Writers Magazine. A graduate of the Fairfield University MFA program, Chris has run writing workshops at Fairfield U. and Westport Writers Workshop. He lives in Ridgefield CT with his family.