The author of ten books, Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel, The Fortress of Solitude (2003), follows two boys, one black and one white, through the politically charged streets of 1970s Brooklyn. A native of New York City’s largest borough, Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn (1999) won the National Book Critics Circle Award, while Bookforum placed Lethem “at his peak Nabokov-meets-Woody-Allen verbal frenzy.” His recent works include the short-story collection Men and Cartoons (2004) and The Disappointment Artist (2005), which brings together his essays on writing, music and culture.

A recipient of a 2005 MacArthur “genius” grant, Lethem was a founding editor of the cutting-edge magazine Fence. His articles have appeared in Rolling Stone, The Believer and McSweeney’s.

Aside from being one of the most inventive writers on the planet, Lethem is also one of the funniest.

— San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle

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