Mark Doten is the author of the novel The Infernal. He wrote the libretto for The Source, an opera about Chelsea Manning and Wikileaks that premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2014, and appeared on the New York Times list of best classical vocal performances of the year. He is senior editor at Soho Press and co-host, with author Adam Wilson, of the literary podcast The Consolation Prize. His first fiction piece was published in Guernica.