Erik Jensen is an award-winning journalist, biographer, screenwriter and poet. He is the founding editor of The Saturday Paper and editor-in-chief of Schwartz Media. His first book, Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen, was made into an acclaimed feature film and won the 2015 Nib Award for Literature. He is also the author of On Kate Jennings, Quarterly Essay 74: The Prosperity Gospel, I Said the Sea Was Folded and Angry at Breakfast. His latest book is A lick of fireweed.