Donald Antrim is the critically acclaimed author of "Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World, The Hundred Brothers, "and" The Verificationist", as well "The Afterlife", a memoir about his mother. A regular contributor to "The New Yorker", he has also been the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Grant and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York Public Library. He lives in New York City.