I'm a writer, writing teacher, and musician living in Carrboro, NC. My first novel, THE GRAND TOUR, was published by Doubleday Books in 2016, and my second novel, THE HOTEL NEVERSINK, was published by Tin House Books in 2019 and won the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. My short fiction has appeared in the Paris Review, Granta, Harper’s, VICE, and many other places (some of them linked on the publications page). My essay and criticism appears in lots of different venues—often in The Millions, where I’m a staff writer.