Yannick Murphy is author of the novel Here They Come (released this month by McSweeney’s) and the children’s book Ahwoooooooo! (forthcoming in June from Clarion Books). She is also the author of a book of stories titled Stories in Another Language (Knopf). Her novel The Sea of Trees (Houghton Mifflin) was named a New York Times Notable Book. (updated 3/2006)