COLSON WHITEHEAD is the author of The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, Sag Harbor, Zone One and The Underground Railroad, as well as The Colossus of New York, a collection of essays. A recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, he lives in New York City. www.colsonwhitehead.com @colsonwhitehead
A thrilling blend of noir and fantasy * Guardian * Whitehead's prose is graceful and often lyrical, and his elevator underworld is a complex, lovingly realized creation * The New Yorker * Ingenious and starkly original * New York Times Book Review *