the education of mrs bemis

John Sedgwick is the author of the acclaimed psychological thriller The Dark House and, now, the psychological mystery, The Education of Mrs. Bemis, as well as three works of non-fiction. A longtime magazine journalist, he is currently a writer at large for GQ, a contributing editor for Worth, and a columnist for Boston. He has been a contributing editor for Newsweek as well as the national correspondent for Self. He has written for The Atlantic, Town and Country, and The New York Times, among many other publications. He is a member of the Sedgwick family of Massachusetts, whose ranks include Judge Theodore Sedgwick, an early speaker of the House of Representatives; Catharine Maria Sedgwick, one of the first female American novelists; Ellery Sedgwick, a longtime editor of the Atlantic Monthly; and Edie Sedgwick, the Andy Warhol protégée. A Harvard graduate, he lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with his wife, the biographer Megan Marshall, and their two children.