Ben Marcus is the author of four books of fiction: The Flame Alphabet, Leaving the Sea, Notable American Women, and The Age of Wire and String. He has edited two short story anthologies: The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories and New American Stories. His writing has appeared in Harper's, the New Yorker, the Paris Review, McSweeney's, Granta, and the New York Times. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award, the Berlin Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in fiction, a Guggenheim fellowship, and three Pushcart Prizes. He lives in New York City. Rebecca Gibel (a.k.a. Kasha Kensington) is a audiobook narrator and stage actress who has performed in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Camelot (IRNE Award nomination), Urinetown (Denver Post Ovation Award nomination), and Othello. She won the Denver Post Readers' Choice Award for Best Year by an Actress. She is a graduate of the Brown University Trinity Rep MFA acting program, where she was the Stephen Sondheim Fellow. Charlie Thurston has appeared on stages across the country, including Trinity Repertory Company, Arden Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Intiman Theater, Chautauqua Theater Company, and Riverside Theatre. Charlie holds an MFA in acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.