Gianni Skaragas is a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. His English work includes Prime Numbers (2009) and, most recently, The Lady of Ro and Other Stories. His awards and fellowships include honors from organizations in the US and Europe and the Copper Nickel Editors’ Prize in Prose (University of Colorado, 2018). His most recent contribution to WLT, “The History of Grains,” appeared in the September 2017 issue.