Charles Waugh lives in the small mountain town of Logan, Utah, where he teaches at Utah State University. With Nguyen Lien and Van Gia, he is the co-editor and co-translator of Wild Mustard: New Voices from Viet Nam, the collection of nineteen short stories from young Vietnamese writers forthcoming from Curbstone Press in 2017 of which “Sage on the Mountain” is a part. He and Lien are also co-editors and co-translators of Family of Fallen Leaves, Stories of Agent Orange by Vietnamese Writers (University of Georgia Press, 2010).