Hi, I'm a writer and occasional editor. I've been writing professionally for more than a decade, and by now I've written a lot of pieces, in a lot of genres, for a lot of publications; you can find some of them here.

 

In June, Henry Holt published my debut novel, The Nimbus, which The New Yorker called one of the “Best Books We’ve Read in 2025 So Far.” It's available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.

 

In past lives, I've worked as an editor at The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The Paris Review, Chicago Review, and Esquire. I grew up in Chico, California, studied mechanical engineering and human biology at Stanford, and completed a master's degree and a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago Divinity School. (I wrote a dissertation on Dante.) I have accounts on Bluesky and Instagram.

 

I live in Brooklyn with my wife, my children, and my dog.