About the Author

NORMAN LOCK has written novels, short fiction, and poetry as well as stage, radio, and screen plays. He received the Aga Kahn Prize, given by The Paris Review, and the literary fiction prize from the Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities. He has been awarded fellowships from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. His latest works of fiction are Pieces for Small Orchestra & Other Fictions (Spuyten Duyvil Press), Grim Tales (Mud Luscious Press), and Escher’s Journal (Ravenna Press). His celebrated absurdist play, The House of Correction, was produced in 2012 at Garaj Istanbul, in the Turkish language, before touring other major Turkish cities during the following year. Norman lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey, with his wife, Helen.