Tony Cohan’s books include the novels Canary (Doubleday), a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and Opium (Simon and Schuster). His nonfiction work includes the bestselling travel narrative On Mexican Time (Random House) the autobiographical memoir Native State (Random House), a Los Angeles Times Notable Book of the Year, and the travel narrative Mexican Days (Random House). His essays, stories, articles, and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Conde Nast Traveler, The London Times, and other publications. His lyric collaborations with pianist and composer Chick Corea include the jazz classic High Wire, the Grammy-winning Remembering Bud Powell, and stories with piano accompaniment performed on National Public Radio. He founded the long-running independent press Acrobat Books, publishing nonfiction books in the arts, and has been the Chair of PEN San Miguel’s Freedom to Write Committee for twenty years. His recent novel is Valparaiso.