Peter Behrens is the author of the nov­el The Law of Dreams and two col­lec­tions of short sto­ries, Night Dri­ving and Trav­el­ling Light. His sto­ries and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many antholo­gies. His writ­ing has received the Gov­er­nor General’s Lit­er­ary Award and a Wal­lace Steg­n­er Fel­low­ship in Cre­ative Writ­ing at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty. A native of Mon­tre­al, he is cur­rent­ly a fel­low at Har­vard University’s Rad­cliffe Insti­tute for Advanced Study.