Paolo Bacigalupi’s writing often focuses on environmental and social themes, including genetically modified foods, energy collapse, ecosystem decay, drought, poverty, and industrial pollution. His novelette, “Yellow Card Man” (Asimov’s, Dec. 2006), a story of poverty and social displacement set in a future Bangkok, is currently a Hugo Award finalist. His other stories include: “Small Offerings,” (Fast Forward 1, Pyr Books), “Pop Squad,” (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct./Nov. 2006), “The Tamarisk Hunter,” (High Country News, June 26, 2006); Hugo finalist and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winner “The Calorie Man” (F&SF, Oct./Nov. 2005); Hugo and Nebula Award finalist “The People of Sand and Slag” (F&SF, Feb.2004); and Sturgeon Award finalist, “The Fluted Girl” (F&SF, June 2003). He is currently putting together a short story collection for Night Shade Books and working on a novel set in the same universe as “Yellow Card Man.” His website is at windupstories.com.