Lou Berney is an accomplished writer, teacher, and liar. He has written feature screenplays nd created TV pilots for, among others, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Focus Features, ABC, and Fox. He is the author of The Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories, and his short fiction has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. Gutshot Straight, his first novel, was written during the 2007-2008 film and TV Writers Guild strike.