Biography

Salvatore Pane was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His novel, Last Call in the City of Bridges, will be published by Braddock Avenue Books this fall. His chapbook, #KanyeWestSavedFromDrowning, is forthcoming from NAP.

His fiction has been nominated or shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Web, and Wigleaf’s Top 50 [Very] Short Fictions. He won the 2010 Turow-Kinder Award in Fiction judged by Stewart O’ Nan with an excerpt from his novel. His stories have appeared in American Short Fiction, Hobart, PANK, Annalemma, Pear Noir!, and many other literary journals. His nonfiction has appeared in BOMB, The Rumpus, PANK and HTMLGIANT.

Beginning this fall, Sal will teach at the University of Indianapolis as the new Assistant Professor of English Creative Writing. In the past, he’s taught in the English departments at the University of Pittsburgh and Chatham University among others.

He also writes comic books. Check out his webcomic, Montgomery X. Chesterfield, Gentleman of the 22nd Century, co-written with Mark Kleman with art from Kat Larkin. His original graphic novel, The Black List, is forthcoming from Arcana Studios. He co-created it with Mark Kleman and artist Lamair Nash.

Pane holds a position as Emeritus Editor at Hot Metal Bridge.  He previously served as Short Fiction Editor of Corium Magazine. He currently serves as an Editorial Assistant for Patasola Press.

Reach him at salpane@gmail.com, his twitter account, or via Facebook. He is represented by Jenni Ferrari-Adler of the Brick House Literary Agency.