Daphne Beal's first novel, In the Land of No Right Angles, was published by Vintage/Anchor in August, 2008. Her nonfiction has appeared in Vogue, McSweeney's, and the London Review of Books. Her work has been anthologized The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers; State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America; and The KGB Bar Reader. Originally from Wisconsin, she lives in New York City with her husband, the writer Sean Wilsey, and their two children.