John Barth is the author of numerous works of fiction, including The Sot-Weed Factor, The Tidewater Tales, Lost in the Funhouse, The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor, and The Book of Ten Nights and a NIght. He also won the National Book Award for his novel Chimera. He taught for many years on the writing program at Johns Hopkins University and lives in Chestertown, Maryland.
