CHRIS OFFUTT is an award-winning author and screenwriter. His books include Kentucky Straight; The Same River Twice; The Good Brother; Out of the Woods; and No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays, The Best American Short Stories, and many other anthologies. In addition, he has written extensively for television, most notably for HBO’s True Blood and Treme and the Showtime series Weeds. His work has received awards from the Lannan Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He also received a Whiting Award in fiction and nonfiction. Chris Offutt lives near Oxford, Mississippi.