Mary RobisonMARY ROBISON was born in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Johns Hopkins, where she studied with John Barth. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, an O. Henry Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prizefor Fiction. She is the author of four novels, Oh! (1981), Subtraction (1991), Why Did I Ever (2001), and One D.O.A., one on the way (2009), and of three other story collections, Days (1979), An Amateur's Guide to the Night (1983), and Believe Them (1988). Robison has written for Hollywood and has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1977. She lives in Gainesville, Florida. Read More Read Less