Alexi Zentner was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. He is the author of three novels: Copperhead, The Lobster Kings, and Touch, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and a Knopf New Face of Fiction pick. His story “Trapline” was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize and named to the Best American Short Stories 2009 list “100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2008.” Zentner lives in upstate New York with his wife and two daughters.
Photograph by Laurie Willick.