David Plante is the author of the novels "The Ghost of Henry James", " The Family "(nominated for the National Book Award), "The Woods", " The Country", "The Foreigner", " The Native", " The Accident", "Annunciation" and "The Age of Terror". He has published stories and profiles in the "New Yorker", and features in the "New York Times", " Esquire" and "Vogue". He lives in London; Lucca, Italy; and Athens, Greece.