Dale Peck's first novel, Martin and John, was hailed as "a brilliant debut" by Michiko Kakutani in 1993. Since then he has published ten more books in a variety of genres. His book of essays, Hatchet Jobs, was labeled the literary scandal of the first decade of the new millennium by New York Magazine, while his novel Sprout won the inaugural Lambda Literary Award for young adult fiction. A winner of a Guggenheim fellowship, two O. Henry Awards, and a Pushcart Prize, Peck is also a member of PEN and the National Book Critics Circle, and an Associate Professor in the New School's Graduate Writing Program.