Stefano Maroni is an Italian-American author and cultural commentator whose writing traverses the boundaries of memoir, fiction, and social critique. A frequent contributor to The Atlantic, Harpers, and The New Yorker, Maroni is known for his poignant explorations of American identity, masculinity, and displacement. His most recent book, The Distance Between Us, has garnered national acclaim for its meditative look at belonging in a fractured America. Currently based in northern New Mexico, Stefano writes from a place of solitude, drawing on both his East Coast roots and his immersion in the rural Southwest.