Lucas Mann is the author of Lord Fear: A Memoir, which was named one of the best books of 2015 by The Miami Herald, Kirkus Reviews, Paper Magazine, and Oprah.com, as well as Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere, a 2013 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. His essays and stories have appeared in Guernica, The Kenyon Review, BuzzFeed, Slate, and TriQuarterly, among others. He earned his M.F.A. from The University of Iowa, and currently lives in Providence, RI, with his wife.