Ben Ehrenreich a novelist, journalist, and essayist. His novel, The Suitors, was published in 2006 by Counterpoint Press, and his short fiction has been published in McSweeney’s, BOMB, Black Clock and many other publications. Ben's nonfiction work ranges from political reporting to essays and literary criticism. In recent years he has worked from Afghanistan, Haiti, Cuba, Cambodia, El Salvador, and all over the United States, and his work has appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, the Village Voice, The Believer and many other publications. He lives in Los Angeles.