A veteran of the U.
S.
Originally from New Jersey, he lives in New Mexico with his wife and their two children..
His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and Tin House and been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 2014 .
Navy, Will Mackin served in Iraq and Afghanistan, first as a weapons system officer aboard a carrier-based jet, then as a joint terminal attack controller attached to a SEAL team.
A veteran of the U.
S