George Lern­er has attend­ed the Tin House Sum­mer Writ­ers Work­shop and the New York State Sum­mer Writ­ers Insti­tute. He comes to fic­tion as a tele­vi­sion news pro­duc­er for CNN, PBS, and oth­ers, cov­er­ing sto­ries in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go, South Sudan, Viet­nam, and across the Unit­ed States. He lives in Brook­lyn, NY.