Biography

Jake Silverstein was born in 1975 and raised in Oakland, California. He attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and also received degrees from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, and the Michener Center for Writers, at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1999 he moved to Marfa, Texas, to write for the Big Bend Sentinel. In 2005 he became a Contributing Editor to Harper’s Magazine. His work has also appeared in the anthologies Best American Travel Writing 2003, The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup (2006); and Submersion Journalism (2008). He joined the staff of Texas Monthly as a senior editor in 2006 and later became the magazine’s fourth editor. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Mary, their two sons, Leo and Joe, and a couple of cats.