
Nickolas Butler is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Shotgun Lovesongs, The Hearts of Men, and Little Faith, and the story collection Beneath the Bonfire. Butler is the recipient of multiple literary prizes and commendations and has published articles, reviews, short stories, and poetry in publications such as Ploughshares, Narrative, and The New York Times Book Review. A graduate of UW–Madison and the Iowa Writers Workshop, Butler lives with his wife and two children on sixteen acres of land in rural Wisconsin. His most recent novel is Godspeed.