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About the Author

Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours won both the Pulitzer Prize and a PEN/Faulkner award, and became an Academy Award-winning film starring Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep. An earlier novel, A Home at the End of the World, was recently made into a film starring Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek, and Robin Wright Penn. He lives in New York. Hugh Dancy’s film credits include Confessions of A Shopaholic, Adam, The Jane Austen Book Club, Evening, Tempo, and Black Hawk Down, among others. He was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in Elizabeth I, and has also acted in a television miniseries of David Copperfield. His theater appearances include Madame Bovary and Daniel Deronda. He is the narrator of the audio book of Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall.

Praise for By Nightfall…

“Emmy Award nominee Hugh Dancy well captures Peter’s melancholy…Cunningham’s popularity generally and his exploration of universal middle-class dreams and fears make this a good choice for book clubs” – Library Journal

“What is signaled in print through the use of design elements, narrator Hugh Dancy does through voice: A change in inflection, a slight questioning, a hesitation, or an increase in speed alerts the listener to a switch from stream of consciousness to public dialogue, from narrative description to personal conversation. Dancy’s reading brings authenticity to Peter’s emotional journey, saving it from self-indulgence.” – Audiofile