John Freeman Gill writes the Streetscapes column for The New York Times, unearthing the hidden biographies of historic New York City buildings and their occupants. A native New Yorker and former reporter for the Times City section, he is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Gargoyle Hunters (Knopf), a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. His work has been anthologized in two New York Times collections and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, New York magazine, The New York Observer, Salon, Literary Hub, and many other publications. A summa cum laude graduate of Yale University, where he won two prizes and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received an MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, three children, and a smattering of gargoyles.
