Gary Sernovitz is a managing director at Lime Rock, an oil- and gas-focused private equity firm. He began his career as an oil equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs. He has written two novels, "Great American Plain"(2001) and "The Contrarians" (2002), as well as essays and reviews for "The New York Times, " "The Wall Street Journal", n +1, and "Slate", among others. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he lives in New York City with his wife.