Tim Parrish is the author of a story collection Red Stick Men (University Press of Mississippi, 2000). He is a 2001 Walker E. Dakins Fellow at the Sewanee Writers' Conference and a 2001 Connecticut Arts Fellow. His work received special mention in the Pushcart Prizes in fiction and has been nominated by Tim O'Brien for "Best New American Voices 2002." Parrish teaches at Southern Connecticut State University.