Colson Whitehead
"If greatness is excellence sustained over time, then without question, Whitehead is one of the greatest of his generation. In fact... he is one of the greatest American writers alive."
Colson Whitehead is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad, The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and one collection of essays, The Colossus of New York. A Pulitzer Prize winner and a recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.