Ben Tanzer is the author of the books Orphans (Switchgrass, 2013), which won the 24th Annual Midwest Book Award in Fantasy/SciFi/Horror/Paranormal and a Bronze medal in the Science Fiction category at the 2015 IPPY Awards; Lost in Space (Curbside Splendor, 2014); which received an Honorable Mention in the Chicago Writers Association 2014 Book Awards Traditional Non-Fiction category; and The New York Stories, among others. He has also contributed to Punk Planet, Clamor , and Men's Health , serves as Director, Acquisitions for Curbside Splendor, and can be found online at This Blog Will Change Your Life.