A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR

David Leavitt is the author of several novels, including The Lost Language of Cranes, While England Sleeps, and Equal Affections, as well as the short story collections Family Dancing, A Place I’ve Never Been, and The Marble Quilt, recently brought together as Collected Stories. He wrote the Bloomsbury Writer and the City title Florence: A Delicate Case. A recipient of fellowships from both the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he lives in Gainesville, Florida, and teaches at the University of Florida.