Garrett Socol, a native New Yorker, currently resides in Los Angeles. His first life was lived as Gary Socol, and he was a television producer. Gary created and produced Talk Soup (host, Greg Kinnear) and The Gossip Show among other series for E!. His first play, The Shadow of Greatness, premiered at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in 2000, starring Richard Chamberlain. His second play, Bicoastal Woman, enjoyed a successful run at the Pasadena Playhouse. His second life began in 2007 when he left television and began writing fiction. His short stories have been published in dozens of literary journals including PANK, Perigee, Pear Noir, The Barcelona Review, The Dublin Quarterly, Underground Voices, > kill author, 3: AM Magazine, Hobart, Drunken Boat, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency.