Zach Dodson is an active member of many arts communities, forging connections between the worlds of design and literature. He was the founder of Featherproof Books and Bleached Whale Design. His debut novel, Bats of the Republic, is forthcoming from Doubleday in 2016. His writing has appeared in Lamination Colony, Monsters & Dust, and 30 Under 30: An Anthology of Innovative Fiction. His design has appeared in Proximity, MAKE Magazine, and Bagazine. He orchestrated the literary roadshow The Dollar Store, and was host of Chicago’s Show ’n Tell Show. In 2014 he was once again named to Newcity’s Top 50 Literary Figures in Chicago. He received his MFA in writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently teaches at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland.