Gary Krist is the author of five narrative nonfiction books: The White Cascade (2007), City of Scoundrels (2012), Empire of Sin (2014), The Mirage Factory (2018), and the forthcoming Trespassers at the Golden Gate (2025). He has also written three novels— Bad Chemistry (1998), Chaos Theory (2000), and Extravagance (2002)— and two short story collections— The Garden State (1988) and Bone by Bone (1994). A widely published journalist and book reviewer, Krist has been the recipient of The Stephen Crane First Fiction Award, The Sue Kaufman Prize from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism, a Fiction Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Public Scholar Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Empire of Sin was named one of the Top Ten Books of 2014 by The Washington Post and Library Journal. He now lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he is at work on his eleventh book.