Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Making of Zombie Wars, The Book of My Lives, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times bestseller, and three books of short stories, including Nowhere Man, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Foundation.