About the Author

Frank Norris is the author of McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, The Octopus: A Story of California, The Pit, and Vandover and the Brute. He was a popular Progressive era novelist and naturalist who died a young, underrated master of American fiction.

Jonathan Evison is the New York Times bestselling author of The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, West of Here, and All About Lulu. He is the recipient of the 2012 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, the 2012 Booklist Editor's Choice Award, and the 2008 Washington State Book Award. He lives on an island in Washington.