Thomas Beller is Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Tulane University, a regular contributor to the New Yorker, and the author of several books, most recently, Lost in the Game: A Book about Basketball, also published by Duke University Press. He is a recipient of a 2024-25 Guggenheim Fellowship, a Robert Silvers Award for Works in Progress, and a New York City Book Award for Biography/memoir for his book, "J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist."
