Samantha DunnSamantha Dunn is the author of Failing Paris, a finalist for the PEN West Fiction Award in 2000, and the memoir Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex and Salvation. Her essays have appeared in numerous national publications, incuding the Los Angeles Times, O Magazine, Ms., and Salon. She teaches at the Idyllwild Arts Center and in the UCLA Extension Writers Program, where she was named 2011 Instructor of the Year. Dunn lives in Orange, California. Read More Read Less