Drift, VICTORIA PATTERSON's collection of interlinked short stories, was selected as a finalist for the 2009 Story Prize. Her novel, This Vacant Paradise, is forthcoming with Counterpoint Press in February 2011. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in various literary journals, including The Southern Review, Santa Monica Review, and The Florida Review. Her short story “Johnny Hitman” was listed in the 100 Distinguished Stories in Best American Short Stories 2009.