Wiley Cash is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of four novels, host of the Our State Book Club Podcast, and co-owner of Floodplain Books in Wilmington, North Carolina. He teaches fiction writing at UNC-Asheville and lives in North Carolina with his wife, photographer Mallory Cash, and their daughters. He is the 2025 recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature, the state’s highest civilian honor.