A native of Los Angeles, Jacob Silverman's book reviews and cultural reporting have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Bookforum, The Daily Beast and many other publications. In 2010, he was awarded a scholarship to attend a workshop at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony. Silverman's fiction has appeared in Storychord and Spork.  He is a contributing editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review and blogs at www.jacobsilverman.com.

"Jacob Silverman is the real deal--smart, compassionate, wide-ranging in his interests and expertise. He's…a hell of a fiction writer. One to watch."  Matthew Shaer   "Jacob Silverman is one of the most engaging young writers I've read in the last five years.  He sets himself apart with a voice that is unusual and distinct, rich with precise sensual detail and hallucinatory yet genuine characters that linger in the mind long after you've read his stories.  This is not magical realism or real magicalism or any other flavor-of-the-month; Silverman is respectful and diligent and deserves your attention."  Lou Mathews "He writes with clarity and precision; he has convictions that he does not allow to become coercions...vivid, fresh, knowledgeable, and admirably unpretentious and unportentous.…able - without condescension - to reach a wide readership."  Christopher Ricks