Louis Bayard

Louis Bayard is a novelist and reviewer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Nerve.com and Salon.com among others. He received his B.A. in English Literature from Princeton University, where he studied under Joyce Carol Oates, and his M.S.J. in Journalism from Northwestern University. He has worked as a congressional press secretary, a communications director, and a speechwriter. His most recent book is Mr. Timothy (HarperCollins, 2003). He lives in Washington, D.C.