Dustin Hendrick is the author of The Endless M, an autobiographical essay collection. In 2023 he was the recipient of an Oregon Literary Fellowship in fiction. He lives in Portland with his gigantic cat-daughter Alice and his husband Nate, a filmmaker with whom Dustin has recently co-directed his first short film, Out of View, based on his short story of the same name. His sun sign is Libra, which makes him sound too nice. He is currently at work on the dreaded novel.