Millicent Dillon is the winner of five O. Henry Awards, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, and a residency at Yaddo artists working community. She is the author of novels and three biographies including "A Little Original Sin: The Life and Work of Jane Bowles" and "You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles." She lives and writes in Northern California.