John Vernon is the author of four novels, All for Love; Peter Doyle (both Simon & Schuster, 1995, 1993); LaSalle; and Lindbergh’s Son (both Penguin, 1987, 1978) along with several books of scholarship and poetry. He earned a BA from Boston College, and a MA and PhD from the University of California at Davis and is a recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research. Vernon has received fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the State University of New York at Binghamton.