Don't Judge an Author By His Author Flap

Last week my wife and I traveled a few blocks to see Junot Diaz, author of the Pulitizer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, give a reading as part of Agnes Scott College's annual Writers Festival. I was curious to see how Mr. Diaz would be in person, not only because I loved his book (yes, it deserves the hype) but also because of the rather, um, extraordinary author bio on the hardcover flap of Oscar Wao. Author bios are tricky things. ...