Alexi Zent­ner is the inter­na­tion­al­ly acclaimed author of Touch, pub­lished in twelve coun­tries, and The Lob­ster Kings, forth­com­ing in at least six. Touch was short­list­ed for the Gov­er­nor Gen­er­al’s Lit­er­ary Award, The Cen­ter for Fic­tion’s Fla­h­ery-Dun­nan First Nov­el Prize, and the VCU Cabell First Nov­el­ist Award and longlist­ed for the Sco­tia­bank Giller Prize and the Inter­na­tion­al IMPAC Dublin Lit­er­ary Award.