Ken Kalfus

Ken Kalfus is the author of two collections of short stories and three novels, including "A Disorder Peculiar to the Country," a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award. His collection, "Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies," was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award in 2000, and the title story, "Pu-239," was the basis for the HBO movie of the same name. His other books include "Thirst," "The Commissariat of Enlightenment" and "Equilateral." Kalfus's third collection, "Coup de Foudre: A Novella and Stories," is being published in May 2015.