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John W. Farrell is a writer and producer working in Boston. He is the author most recently of the novel, An Uncommon Descent, from Serving House Books. His non-fiction books include The Clock and the Camshaft from Prometheus Books, as well as The Day Without Yesterday: Lemaître, Einstein, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology from Basic Books. A graduate of Harvard College with a B.A. in English and American Literature, Farrell has written for Aeon, Commonweal, Cosmos Magazine, New Scientist, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Salon, National Review, Nautilus, and The Tablet of London. His fiction has appeared in Dappled Things and Dark Horses, and his poetry in U.S. Catholic and Penwood Review.