Sam Gridley is the author of the novels THE SHAME OF WHAT WE ARE (New Door Books, 2010) and THE BIG HAPPINESS (available at Gridleyville.com). His fiction and satire have appeared ...view moreSam Gridley is the author of the novels THE SHAME OF WHAT WE ARE (New Door Books, 2010) and THE BIG HAPPINESS (available at Gridleyville.com). His fiction and satire have appeared in more than forty magazines and anthologies. He has received two fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, and several honors from magazines. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and neurotic dog.view less