Dino D’Agata writes fiction, poetry, and essays. He studied comparative literature and writing at New York University, where he completed his first collection of short stories, The Finer Points of Starvation. He has also written novels, poems, and stage plays. In addition to writing, D’Agata has also translated numerous works from the Italian. He lives and teaches in Washington, DC and is currently at work on a novel, Now This!