John D'Agata Author

John D'Agata (Author)
John D'Agata is the author of About a Mountain and Halls of Fame, and editor of The Next American Essay and The Lost Origins of the Essay. He teaches creative writing at the University of Iowa in Iowa City where he lives.

Jim Fingal (Author)
Jim Fingal worked for several years as a fact-checker at The Believer and McSweeney's, where he worked on the titles What Is the What, Surviving Justice, Voices from the Storm, and others. He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he designs software.