Matthew Thomas‘s New York Times-bestselling novel We Are Not Ourselves was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Prize and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, longlisted for the both the Dublin International Literary Prize and the Guardian First Book Award, nominated for the Folio Prize, and named a finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. It was named a Notable Book of the year by The New York Times and one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Apple and others, as well one of Janet Maslin’s ten favorite books of the year in The New York Times. He attended the Community of Writers in 2003. www.matthewthomasauthor.com