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Wayne Hoffman lives in New York City. "Hard" is his first novel. Wayne's cultural reporting has appeared in the Washington Post, Village Voice, The Nation, Billboard, The Forward and elsewhere. He has also written for gay publications, including the Advocate, A Bear's Life, XY, Torso and dozens of community newspapers. You can hear an interview with Wayne on the Internet radio show "Bear Soup" by clicking here. To contact Wayne, email WayneWriter@aol.com.