Biography

(September 14 panelist) is the author of ten books, including most recently Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? The Circle, and A Hologram for the King, which was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. He is founder of the independent publishing company McSweeney’s and is co-founder of the educational organizations 826 National and ScholarMatch

(September 2018)