Daphne Beal’s first novel, In the Land of No Right Angles, was published by Vintage/Anchor in August, 2008. Her nonfiction has appeared in Vogue, McSweeney’s, and the London Review of Books. Her work has been anthologized in The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers; State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America; and The KGB Bar Reader. Originally from Wisconsin, she lives in New York City with her husband, the writer Sean Wilsey, and their two children.