Max Lawton is a writer, musician, and translator. He has translated many works by Vladimir Sorokin and is currently working on translations of works by Michael Lentz, Antonio Moresco, Stefano D'Arrigo, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline. He is the author of two novels––PROGRESS and THE ABODE––and one collection of stories––THE WORLD. He lives in Los Angeles, where, when he isn't writing, he plays heavy metal.