John Rowell is a native of North Carolina, now living in New York City, where he conducts a seminar and writes theater criticism. His fiction, essays, and reviews have been featured in Tin House, Bloom, and Show Business Weekly, among others. He holds an MFA from the Writing Seminars at Bennington College in Vermont. He teaches English and Fiction Writing at The Gilman School of Baltimore, MD, where he also directs in the Upper School theater program.