Norman Birnbach is the author of Stealing Time, a 2024 Claymore Top Pick at the Killer Nashville Writers Conference, and more than 100 op-eds, articles, and short stories published The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall St. Journal, New York Magazine, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, the Militant Grammarian and other publications. A native New Yorker, he lives outside Boston with his wife, three children, and dog, Taxi. Follow him on Twitter: @NormanBirnbach or visit his website: normanbirnbach.com.