Michael Lowen­thal’s fourth nov­el, The Pater­ni­ty Test, was an Indi­eNext pick and a Boston Globe best­seller. His pre­vi­ous nov­els are The Same Embrace, Avoid­ance, and Char­i­ty Girl, which was a New York Times Book Review Edi­tors’ Choice title and a Wash­ing­ton Post Best Fic­tion of 2007 selec­tion. Lowen­thal lives and teach­es cre­ative writ­ing in Boston.