Peter Biles is a novelist, essayist, and English professor from Oklahoma. He is the author of several books, including Hillbilly Hymn, Keep, Last November, Through the Eye of Old Man Kyle, and What the Tree Saw. His short stories, essays, journalism, and works of cultural criticism have appeared in dozens of magazines including Plough, The Dispatch, Dappled Things, RealClearBooks, Republic of Letters, Midsummer Dream House, Literally Stories, Mere Orthodoxy, The Gospel Coalition, Salvo, Front Porch Republic, Mind Matters, and many others. He teaches at Oklahoma Baptist University, where he is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and English. He is also working toward a PhD in English at Oklahoma State University with an emphasis on fiction writing and 19th-century American literature. He is passionate about writing well-crafted fiction, contributing to literary and cultural discourse, and making a positive difference in the lives of his students.