Smitten

David Gordon was born in New York City and later attended Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia, where he received an MA in English and Comparative Literature and an MFA in Writing. He has worked in film, fashion, publishing, and pornography. His first novel, The Serialist, won the VCU Cabell First Novel Award, was an Edgar Award finalist, and was made into a major motion picture in Japan. Gordon’s work has also appeared in the Paris Review, the New York Times, Purple, and Fence, among other publications.