<h4>Charles J. Shields is author of And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life, and Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. He is writing the first authorized biography of novelist John Williams.</h4>

Charles J. Shields

William Giraldi is author of the novels Busy Monsters and Hold the Dark, the memoir&nbsp;The Hero's Body, and an essay collection,&nbsp;American Audacity. He&nbsp;is an editor for the journal AGNI at Boston University.

William Giraldi

On John Williams’s Novel “Augustus”: A Conversation

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Charles J. Shields is author of And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life, and Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. He is writing the first authorized biography of novelist John Williams.