Diana Spechler is the author of the novels Who by Fire and Skinny, of the New York Times column Going Off, and of a forthcoming nonfiction book based on that column. She has written for GQ, Esquire, New York, Tin House Open Bar, Paris Review Daily, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. She has work forthcoming in Harper's. She teaches writing for Stanford University's Online Writers' Studio and for the Wounded Warrior Project. Her website is www.dianaspechler.com. Follow her on twitter: @dianaspechler.