Aaron Gwyn was raised on a cattle ranch in rural Oklahoma. He is the author of a story collection, DOG ON THE CROSS (finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award), and a novel, THE WORLD BENEATH. His short stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in Esquire, McSweeney’s, Glimmer Train, The Missouri Review, Gettysburg Review, and New Stories from the South. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina where he is an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and contributes book reviews, articles and narrative nonfiction to Esquire.

Books by Aaron Gwyn

Wynne's War

by Aaron Gwyn - Adventure, Fiction, Western

Corporal Elijah Russell is assigned to an elite Special Forces unit preparing to stage a secret mission in eastern Afghanistan. His task is to train the Green Berets --- fiercely loyal to their enigmatic commander, Captain Wynne --- to ride the horses they will use to execute this mission through treacherous mountain terrain. But as the team presses farther into enemy territory, the nature of their operation only becomes more mysterious and Wynne’s charismatic power takes on a darker cast.