David Bez­mozgis is an award-win­ning writer and film­mak­er whose fic­tion has appeared in The New York­er, Harper’s, Zoetrope, and Best Amer­i­can Short Sto­ries. He was named one of The New York­er​’s ​“20 Under 40” writ­ers in 2010. He lives in Toronto.