Michael Chabon's works of fiction include The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Model World, Wonder Boys, and Werewolves in Their Youth. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and Playboy and in a number of anthologies, among them Prize Stories 1999: The O. Henry Awards.

He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, Ayelet Waldman, also a novelist, and their children.