John Edgar Wideman's books include, among others, ?Look for Me and I'll Be Gone, ?You Made Me Love You, American Histories, ?Writing to Save a Life, ?Brothers and Keepers, ?Philadelphia Fire, ?Fatheralong, ?Hoop Roots, and?Sent for You Yesterday. He won the PEN/Faulkner Award twice and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and National Book Award. He is a MacArthur Fellow and a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. He divides his time between New York and France.