Gabriel Urza is the author of the novels The Silver State (summer 2025) and All That Followed and the novellas The Last Supper and The White Death: An Illusion, which was an Oregon Book Award finalist. His creative nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, Slate, Politico, Travel + Leisure, and other publications. Gabriel is a professor of creative writing in the Portland State University Masters of Fine Arts program. He is also a former public defender and practices criminal defense in Nevada.