Michael Cunningham is the author of four novels: A Home at the End of the World; Flesh and Blood; The Hours, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award; and Specimen Days. He has also written on nonfiction book, Land’s End: A Walk Through Provincetown. Two of his novels have been adapted into films: The Hours, starring Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, and Meryl Streep; and A Home at the End of the World, starring Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, and Sissy Spacek. Cuningham also collaborated with Susan Minot on the screenplay for her novel Evening. In addition to his books, Cunningham’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, and other publications. His story “White Angel” was chosen for Best American Short Stories 1989, and another story, “Mister Brother,” appeared in the 2000 O. Henry Collection. He has received a Whiting Writers Award (1995), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1993), a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1988), and a Michener Fellowship from the University of Iowa (1982). For more information, visit www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com.