Dawn Raffel’s latest book, The Strange Case of Dr. Couney, is the story of a mysterious European showman who saved the lives of thousands of American children. Previous books include a memoir, The Secret Life of Objects, two critically acclaimed story collections, and a novel. Her work has appeared in publications ranging from O, The Oprah Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle to BOMB and NOON, and has been widely anthologized. A longtime magazine editor, she helped launch O Magazine, where she served as executive articles editor. She has taught creative writing in the MFA program at Columbia University; Summer Literary Seminars in Russia, Canada, and Lithuania; and the Center for Fiction in New York, and now works as an independent editor. She brings a holistic, cross-genre approach to her teaching.