Everyone Wants To Be Ambassador to France. Bryan Hurt

• First edition won the Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction, but the press shut down the season the book was first released, killing any chance of substantial sales • Endorsements from famous short story writers T.C. Boyle, Aimee Bender, and Alissa Nutting • Literary and unique writing style incorporated with humor and irony, a little dark at times • Writing comparable to that of George Saunders • Excerpts have been published in several publications: The American Reader, Connu, Denver Quarterly, Guernica, Hot Metal Bridge, Joyland, The Kenyon Review Online, The Los Angeles Review, New England Review, Salt Hill Journal, Tikkun, Tin House, The Toast, TriQuarterly, and Watchlist: 32 Stories from Persons of Interest.