Rick DeMarinis is the author of six novels, including The Year of the Zinc Penny, which was a 1989 New York Times Notable Book, and three previous collections of short fiction. His stories have appeared in Harper's, Antaeus, Story, Epoch, among many others. Rick DeMarinis is the author of six novels. The Year of the Zinc Penny was a 1989 New York Times Notable Book, and three previous collections of short fiction. His stories have appeared in Harper's, Antaeus, Story, Epoch, among many others. He teaches creative writing at the University of Texas, El Paso.
