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The Author is the author of the novel L.I.E., which was nominated for the NYPL Young Lions Award back at the turn of the century, and of the recently released ANTHROPICA. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Conjunctions, Fence, Agni, Unsaid, The New York Times Magazine, and Post Road, among other reputable and disreputable publications. It's also been adapted for film and frequently anthologized, notably in Best American Fantasy. He lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife and two children and teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

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David said: " Easily the greatest novel of the 21st (and likely final) century. Ha ha ha ha! "

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David liked Greg Cottle's review of Anthropica: "Really good. Lands somewhere between Vonnegut and Palahniuk. Not as good as Vonnegut and not as gratuitously obscene as Palahniuk."
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