John Surowiecki is a poet, playwrite, and novelist. His poetry collections include Martha Playing Wiffle Ball in Her Wedding Dress and Other Poems (Encircle Publications), Flies (UDP), Barney and Gienka (CW Press), The Hat City after Men Stopped Wearing Hats (Word Works), and Watching Cartoons Before Attending a Funeral (White Pine Press). Surowiecki has also published six chapbooks, including Mr. Z., Mrs. Z., J.Z., S.Z (UDP) and Further Adventures of My Nose (UDP). John has received several awards such as the Poetry Foundation Pegasus Award for Verse Drama, the Pablo Neruda Prize, and the silver medal in the Sunken Garden National Competition.