Michael Wolraich is the critically acclaimed author of The Bishop and the Butterfly (2024 Edgar Award Nominee), Unreasonable Men (2014), and Blowing Smoke (2010). His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, TIME Magazine, The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, Reuters, CNN, and other publications. Wolraich grew up in Iowa and graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts before falling in love with to New York City, where he has lived since 2000.