Author, architect, and cultural visionary Sarah Susanka has emerged as the leader of a movement that continues to shape the future of the American home. With her first book, The Not So Big House (1998), she launched a revolution in residential architecture and changed the way we think about our homes. The Not So Big House and her next three books, Creating the Not So Big House (2000), Not So Big Solutions for Your Home (2002), and Home By Design (2003) have inspired over one million readers and continue to receive international media attention. Fast Company named Susanka to their debut list of "Fast 50" innovators whose achievements have helped change society, an honor preceded by her selection as a Newsweek top newsmaker in 2000 and a U.S. News&World Report innovator in American culture in 1998.
Marc Vassallo received a degree in architecture from Cornell University, interned at a small architectural office in Colorado, and designed and built his own energy-conserving house in Virginia before turning his attention fully to words. He has since published numerous magazine features and short stories, and was awarded an NEA fellowship for his fiction.