Jonathan Wil­son is the author of eight pre­vi­ous books, includ­ing the nov­els The Hid­ing Room, run­ner up for the JQ Wingate Prize, and A Pales­tine Affair, a New York Times Notable Book, and run­ner up for the 2004 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award; two col­lec­tions of short sto­ries, Schoom and An Ambu­lance Is on the Way: Sto­ries of Men in Trou­ble; and the soc­cer mem­oir Kick and Run. His work has appeared in The New York­er, ART­news, Esquire, The New York Times Mag­a­zine, The New York Times Book Review, Tablet, The Times Lit­er­ary Sup­ple­ment, and the Best Amer­i­can Short Sto­ries, among oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. Wil­son has been the recip­i­ent of a Guggen­heim Fel­low­ship, and his work has been trans­lat­ed into many lan­guages. He lives in New­ton, Massachusetts.