David Freeman is a recovering screenwriter and the author of two previous novels, two collections of short stories, and a memoir of his time writing a script for director Alfred Hitchcock. His play, Jesse and the Bandit Queen, was produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Public Theater and has since been performed around the world. He has contributed frequently to The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Los Angeles.