Michael Stein is the author of five novels. His most recent, In the Age of Love, was a national Booksense/Indie Reader's Choice selection. His first book of nonfiction, The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness, won the 2007 Christopher Award. The New York Times called his second nonfiction book, The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year, “idiosyncratic, gripping and illuminating.” He teaches at Brown University.