Andrew Winer is the recent recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction.  His first novel, The Color Midnight Made, was a national bestseller.  The Marriage Artist, his second novel, will be published by Henry Holt in 2010.  He has written for Hollywood and published essays on contemporary art.  The Academy of Distinguished Teaching recognized his important and original contribution to UCR's teaching programs by selecting him as a recipient of the 2009 Innovative Teaching Award.  He is married to the writer Charmaine Craig, with whom he has two daughters.  Please visit www.andrewwiner.com