Cynthia Weiner

is the assistant director of The Writers Studio. She received her MFA from Brown University, and taught English literature and creative writing at Pace University and Fordham University. Her story “Aftertaste” received Special Mention in the Pushcart 2011 anthology, and her story “Boyfriends” received a Pushcart Prize in 2005. Her stories have appeared in The Sun, Ploughshares, Open City, Epiphany and The Sonora Review, among others, and she is currently working on a novel.