MATTHEW DICKS is a writer and elementary school teacher. He has been published in the Hartford Courant, featured at the Books on the Nightstand retreat, and is a Moth StorySLAM champion. He is the author of four previous novels, Something Missing; Unexpectedly, Milo; Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, an international bestseller, and The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. His novels have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Dicks lives in Newington, Connecticut, with his wife, Elysha, and their two children. You can sign up for email updates here.