Max Watman

Max Watman is the author of Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw's Adventures in Moonshine (Simon & Schuster, February 2010) and Race Day: a Spot on the Rail with Max Watman (Ivan R. Dee, 2005). He was the horse racing correspondent for the New York Sun and has written for various publications on books, music, food, and drink.

He was raised in the Shenandoah Valley and has worked as a cook, farmer, silversmith, tutor, greenskeeper, warehouseman, and web designer.

After many collegial adventures he earned a BA at Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA at Columbia University.

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded him a literature fellowship in 2008.

He lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife and son.