Blake Bailey

Blake Bailey is the author of Cheever: A Life, which was published by Knopf in March 2009. He edited a two-volume edition of Cheever's work, published in March by The Library of America. His last book, A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Published in VQR

• Between the House and the Chicken Yard, Spring 2009
• No Memory for Pain: John Cheever Begins, Fall 2008