Gregory Martin is the author of "Mountain City, " a memoir of the life of a town of thirty-three people in remote northeastern Nevada, which received a Washington State Book Award, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and is referred to by some people in Mountain City as "the book." Martin's work has appeared in "The Sun, Kenyon Review Online, Creative Nonfiction, Storyquarterly, " and "Orion." He teaches creative writing at the University of New Mexico. He lives in Albuquerque with his wife and two sons.