Peyton Burgess is the author of the forthcoming novel,  A SUPERNATURAL LANDSCAPE OF LOVE AND GRIEF NOT UNLIKE YOUR OWN (Tough Poets Press, 2026) and the short story collection, THE FRY PANS AREN’T SUFFICING. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Tin House online, Joyland Magazine, Autre, The Catamaran Literary Reader, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Paris Review Daily, New Orleans Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, and 7x7. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from New York University and earned his PhD in Education at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he also works as an instructional designer and creative writing instructor.

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Agent: Kristina Sutton Lennon