Francis Rourke, born in Fountain Valley, California, is a writer whose work explores the boundaries of literature through the lens of OULIPO—a style marked by the use of creative constraints in form and rhetorical devices.

Rourke's writing spans multiple genres, with a focus on experimenting with structure and storytelling techniques. He is the author of three collections of poetry, the short story collection AH UM: Exercises In Plot & Perspective, the novella Berringer: A Hardboiled Quixote, and an autobiographical series titled The Books of Rourke (Good Morning Wednesday and OM . . . AHA!).

In his autobiographical works, Rourke delves further into his experimental style, aiming to uncover magic in the mundane—a concept he calls "realistic magicalism." Now residing in Omaha, Nebraska, Rourke continues to push the boundaries of literary form, inviting readers to engage with the possibilities of literature in new and thought-provoking ways.