Eric Goodman is the author of six previous novels including In Days of Awe, the prequel to Curveball. Educated at Yale and Stanford, Goodman lives in Sonoma County and Mecklenburg, New York. He’s a lifelong Mets fan, longtime creative writing director at Miami University (Ohio), and the recipient of several Ohio Arts Council literary fellowships. His previous novels have been Indies Finalist for General Fiction and Silver Book of the Year Award for Gay/Lesbian Fiction. He is the father of a gay son.