I'm an Edgar-nominated novelist and culture editor for Opinion at The New York Times. My writing has appeared in New York magazine, the New York Times, GQ, The Independent on Sunday, The Walrus and elsewhere, and has been collected in Best American Political Writing; The Best Technology Writing; Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakeable Love for New York; and New York Stories: Landmark Writing from Four Decades of New York Magazine.
My newest novel, THE EDEN TEST, is a taut examination of what it takes for a couple to survive in the most extreme and unexpected circumstances. Daisy and Craig retreat to the woods to try and save their troubled relationship by signing on to The Eden Test, a secretive program with a simple promise: Seven days. Seven questions. Forever changed. Spoiler: Things go wrong, nothing is what it seems, and soon they’ll find out what exactly they’re capable of and what they’re willing to do, to save their marriage and to save themselves.
My previous novel, THE BLINDS, is a thriller about a remote, secretive town in West Texas, and it's been described by Dennis Lehane as "part thriller, part Western, part pulpy whodunit... a propulsive and meaningful meditation on redemption and loss."
My first novel, SHOVEL READY, is a future-noir thriller about a garbageman-turned-hitman set in a dystopian New York City. SHOVEL READY was a Newsweek Favorite Book of 2014; a Booklist Best Crime Novel and Best Crime Debut of 2014; was long listed for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, and was nominated for a 2015 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American. A sequel, NEAR ENEMY, is available now.
My novels have been developed for film and TV by Warner Bros., Sony Television, Universal Pictures, Scott Free productions, Wiip, Disney, and Netflix.
Raised in Toronto, I now live in Brooklyn with my family.
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