Charles Baxter
Charles Baxter is the author of four novels, four collections of short stories, three collections of poems, and a collection of essays on fiction. His novel The Feast of Love was a National Book Award finalist and was recently adapted as a major motion picture. His latest novel, The Soul Thief, was published in early 2008. Baxter has taught at Wayne State University and at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and he now teaches at the University of Minnesota. For more information, visit www.charlesbaxter.com.