Chris Offut is the author of two previous books, Kentucky Straight and The Same River Twice. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award and an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was named as one of Granta's Best Young American Fiction Writers. His work has been published in Esquire, GQ and numerous anthologies. He and his wife, Rita, have two sons. They live in Missoula, Montana.
