Noah Cicero is the author of The Human War (Fugue State Press, 2003), The Condemned (Six Gallery Press, 2006), Burning Babies (Parlor Press, 2006), Treatise (A-Head Publishing, 2008), and The Insurgent (Blatt, 2010). Since its release, The Human War has become a favorite of the literary underground and is being adapted to film. Best Behavior (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2011) is his sixth novel. He lives in Youngstown, Ohio, and maintains a blog.