Glyn Vincent is a journalist and the author of The Unknown Night, a biography of the American artist R.A. Blakelock. A finalist for the National Magazine Award, his articles and reviews have appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The New York Observer, The Paris Review, Columbia Magazine, The Huffington Post and many other publications. He was born in New York City and graduated from Harvard and Columbia University School of Journalism. A keen outdoorsman, Vincent is actively involved with local environmental organizations on Long Island, where he also saltwater fly-fishes and sails.