The Best American Essays® Series

Louis Menand

Louis Menand is the author of The Metaphysical Club and American Studies and is a staff writer for The New Yorker.
- Back Cover, The Best American Essays 2004.

Susan Orlean

SUSAN ORLEAN, guest editor, is the author of My Kind of Place, The Orchid Thief, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup, and Saturday Night. A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1982, she has also written for Outside, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Vogue.
- Back Cover, The Best American Essays 2005.

David Foster Wallace

DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, guest editor, is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including the novel Infinite Jest and the essay collection Consider the Lobster. He has been the recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, a National Magazine Award, and numerous other awards.
- Back Cover, The Best American Essays 2007.