Daniel Zomparelli is the founder of Poetry Is Dead magazine. His first book of poems, *Davie Street Translations*, was published by Talonbooks in 2012. He is a former co-podcaster at Can't Lit with Dina Del Bucchia, with whom he co-wrote *Rom Com*. His collection of short stories, *Everything Is Awful and You're a Terrible Person*, was nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, won the ReLit Short Fiction Award, and has been translated into German, French, and Spanish. Daniel's podcast *I'm Afraid That* was listed as one of the best podcasts of 2018 by Esquire and featured as a podcast to listen to on the A.V. Club and BBC America. He recently edited *Queer Little Nightmares* with David Ly.

He currently lives in Los Angeles.