Luke Hartwell is the award-winning author of the acclaimed Atom Heart John Beloved, Nathan's Story, Love Underneath, and his masterpiece, Jeremy Bardon, as well as the short story collection Aside from Desire. Many of his stories involve the gay boy attracted to straight boy dynamic, with the question often being is that boy really straight? Hartwell is known for his character development, dialogue, profundity, deep insight, and his ability to mine the young male heart with all its brash but engagingly sensitive contradictions.