Donigan Merritt has an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop and has published seven previous novels since 1982, including "Possessed by Shadows" (Other Press, 2005) and "The Common B...view moreDonigan Merritt has an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop and has published seven previous novels since 1982, including "Possessed by Shadows" (Other Press, 2005) and "The Common Bond" (Other Press, 2008). He currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.view less