Joshua Prager writes for publications including Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, where he was a senior writer for eight years. His second book, Half-Life: Reflections from Jerusalem on a Broken Neck, was recently published as a Byliner Original. His first book, The Echoing Green, was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. He was a 2011 Nieman Fellow and a 2012 Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Hebrew University. He grew up in New Jersey, and lives in New York.