Charles Yu is the author of three books, including the story collection Sorry Please Thank You, and the novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, which was a New York Times Notable Book and named one of the best books of the year by Time magazine. He received the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award for his story collection Third Class Superhero, and was a finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award. He lives in southern California with his wife and their two children. He is currently writing for an upcoming HBO series, and when he can find time, is at work on his next novel, The Book of Wishing.