Martin Wilson is the author of What They Always Tell Us, which won the Alabama Author Awrd for Best Young Adult Book and wa a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His stories, reviews and essays have been published in One Teen Story, Tin House, Rush Hour, Publishers Weekly and the Austin Chronicle. We Now Return To Regular Life received a starred review in Booklist, which said "Wilson's novel is beautifully written, displaying the perfect balance of heartbreak and hope."