About the Author

Jon Reiner is the author of the debut memoir The Man Who Couldn’t Eat, published by Simon & Schuster. The book is based on a story of the same title he wrote for Esquire which won the 2010 James Beard Foundation Award for Magazine Feature Writing, was nominated for a National Magazine Award, and was translated into multiple languages for international publication.

After earning a B.A., magna cum laude, in English and theater at Fairleigh Dickinson University and an M.A. in English at the University of Maryland, where he was an instructor of writing and literature, he worked for two decades as a creative executive for international corporations and arts organizations. Jon is a member of PEN American Center and is writing his next book, Chutes and Ladders, (read a post on nytimes.com) a memoir of finding work and meaning in an age of greed and unemployment. Jon lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

He is still learning how to cook.