author : Tom BissellTom Bissell (Xbox Live gamertag: T C Bissell; PlayStation 3 gamertag: TCBissell) has written three previshy;ous books. His work has appeared in The New Yorker and GQ, among many other publications, and he is a conshy;tributing editor to Harperrsquo;s Magazine and the Virginia Quarterly Review. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches fiction writing at Portland State University. From the Hardcover edition.