Ani Katz is a writer, photographer, and teacher. She was born and raised on the south shore of Long Island, and holds an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago and a BA from Yale. She lives in Brooklyn.
[A] powerful and unsettling debut ... Producesin the reader a sense of foreboding that builds with ever-increasing intensity to the inevitable and brutal climax ... Katz is in full control of mood and pacing. [A] masterly first novel. * Publisher's Weekly * Ani Katz's debut is a gorgeously written, profound examination of contemporary masculinity and its potentially lethal side effects. -- Laura Sims, author of Looker Gripping, sly, and ferociously intelligent. I couldn't put it down. -- Jennifer duBois, author of The Spectators Profoundly disturbing and deeply unsettling ... Richly drawn and laced through with dread, this bold novel is an unflinching examination of what it means to be a man, and how easily a man can become a monster. -- Kathleen Barber, author of Are You Sleeping Ani Katz is a brilliant writer. I sat down to read A Good Man and didn't move until I'd finished it. This is a spellbinding work of psychologically potent art. I can't wait to read what she does next. I loved this book. -- Caroline Kepnes, author of You