W. C. Bamberger is the author of three previous novels and a collection of short stories. Other books include a biography of perceptual theorist Adelbert Ames, Jr., and a study of the work of novelist Steve Katz. His translations include Louis Levy's 1912 Expressionist novel Kzradock the Onion Man and the Spring-Fresh Methuselah, and essays by Gershom Scholem. In 2007 he edited Guy Davenport and James Laughlin: Selected Letters. He lives in Michigan.