Authors: Marisha Pessl

"Marisha Pessl grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and now lives in New York City. Special Topics in Calamity Physics, her debut novel, won the 2006 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize."
If all authors were as smoking hot as Marisha Pessl, I would read more books. And by read more books, I mean stare intently at the back cover for hours on end, and cease being a functional human being.