Grant Sisk is a Texas based writer and educator. He has published in a variety of genres, but usually sticks to short stories and creative non-fiction essays. His work is eclectic, ranging from travel writing, historical society pieces, short stories, critical essays and creative non-fiction; A Thousand Miles Out of My Mind is his first novel. A Fulbright scholar, he has taught American Literature and Creative Writing at the university level and over the past 10 years has traveled to various cities in Vietnam, South Korea and Costa Rica to lecture and conduct workshops on writing, teaching and program development at colleges and universities.In his spare time, Grant enjoys time with family and pets (family), international and domestic travel, reading, writing essays and short stories, working horses, hunting, camping, welding, working on the truck/stock trailer/Landcruiser/etc.--in general anything that keeps him outdoors.