Wells Tower

(born in 1973) – American writer born in Vancouver. He made his debut in 2005 in The Paris Review, his short stories and reports were published, among others, in New Yorker, McSweeney’s and GQ. Two-time laureate of Pushcart Prizes and Plimpton (Discovery) Prize organized by The Paris Review. In 2009, he published his first book – a collection of short stories acclaimed by the critics and reader, titled Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Polish edition: Ruiny i zgliszcza, 2017.)