Michael Cunningham was raised in Los Angeles and lives in New York City. He is the author of the novels "A Home at the End of the World" (Picador) and "Flesh and Blood," His work has appeared in "The New Yorker" and "Best American Short Stories," and he is the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award. "The Hours" was a "New York Times" Bestseller, and was chosen as a Best Book of 1998 by" The New York Times," "Los Angeles Times," and "Publishers Weekly,"