Michael Benson is a journalist, artist, and filmmaker including the award-winning *Predictions of Fire (1995)*. His work has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, Smithsonian and The Nation and he has been a television (CNN) and radio (NPR) reporter. He lives in New York City. *From Abrams Books [[1]] [[2]]* [1]: http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Beyond-9780810995468.html [2]: http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Beyond-9780810983229.html