C.W. Cannon, an assistant professor at Xavier University in New Orleans, was raised in the Crescent City. Cannon has published short fiction, essays and reviews in various journals. He is most frequently found in Chicago's Other Voices literary journal, where he continues in his capacity as contributing editor. He describes his aesthetic and political worldview as 'scalawag', which denotes the state of being Southern and radical at the same time.

"A masterpiece of experimental fiction. Cannon takes his readers through the darkest shadows of America's cultural history, and the primary tour guide is Mills Loomis Mills, who is one of the most memorable characters I've ever come across in fiction. Cannon's use of multiple points of views is perfect--stirring, frightening and--it should not go unmentioned--frequently hilarious. This is truly fiction on the edge."

-Don De Grazia