is an O. Henry Award-winning writer and Emmy-nominated filmmaker. His first book, , was published by Knopf and Vintage paperback. His most recent book, , has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He lives in Portland, Oregon. is an artist known for his abstract paintings and drawings. His work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His childhood drawings provide the artwork in . He lives in Brooklyn, New York.