Greg Bailey grew up in Metro East, where the novel is set. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, the University of Missouri School of Journalism and the Washington University School of Law. He has written for The Economist, Time, the New Republic, Wired, Prospect, True West, America's Civil War, History News Network, Narratively, Ozy, the Times Literary Supplement and many other magazines and newspapers. here and abroad. His play "The Patty Duke Question" was staged in St Louis and he is working on other plays as well as history books, articles and other media. He was an attorney and has served as an adjunct professor. Please visit his web page gregbaileystlouis.com for updates.