About the Author

Michael Lista's reporting has appeared inThe New Yorker,The Atlantic,Slate,The Walrus andToronto Life. He is the author of three books: the poetry volumes Bloom and The Scarborough, and Strike Anywhere,a collection of essays. He was the 2017 Margaret Laurence Fellow, a finalist for the Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism, and the winner of the 2020 National Magazine Award Gold Medals for both Investigative Reporting and Long Form Feature Writing. His story, "The Sting," is being adapted into a television series for Apple TV+.