Colson Whitehead is the author of the novels The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, Sag Harbor, and Zone One. He has also written a collection of essays called The Colossus of New York. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, Harper’s, Grantland, and The New Yorker. A recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives in New York City.