About the Author

Seth Lerer is dean of arts and humanities at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of many books, including the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Children's Literature: A Reader's History, from Aesop to Harry Potter.

Reviews

"I couldn't put this book down. 'Memoir' doesn't begin to do it justice. Prospero's Son is a beautifully observed and often haunting reflection about how we get here and what we leave behind." -James Shapiro, author of A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare"