“And why love things you were destined to lose? Why let yourself feel things if the feelings were doomed to die?”

American author

Garth Risk Hallberg is an American author known for his debut novel, City on Fire, published by Knopf in 2015. He made his literary debut with that novel, which established him as a novelist to watch. Beyond that, the available record here is limited, so the main point of reference is his first book and his work as an author.