Solon Timothy Woodward studied philosophy and biology at Harvard and holds a degree in medicine from the University of Virginia. He has been a Scholar at Sewanee and Breadloaf. Nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize, his short fiction has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, The Indiana Review, Shenandoah, and The African-American Review, among others. Woodward grew up in Salinas/San Jose and has worked in Alexandria, Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, San Diego, Houston, and Rochester, Minnesota. A practicing physician, he lives with his family in Jacksonville, Florida.