Dane Huckelbridge is the author of Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit . His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Tin House, The New Republic and New Delta Review. His novel, Castle of Water (2017), was hailed as 'a unique, inventive exploration of love, loss and survival' by Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale. A graduate of Princeton University, Dane lives in Paris, France.