ROBERT SULLIVAN | WRITER AND PUBLICIST

“Some people call me a nature writer,” Robert Sullivan explains. “My books often get shelved in nature sections. I didn’t think that’s what I’d been doing. If you’re from New York or New Jersey, I didn’t think you were allowed to be a nature writer. I thought, If I’m getting put in the nature section, I’m going to try to write a nature book about something that nobody thinks of as natural. I’ll write about rats.” The result is funny, gross, and more than a little profound.