Sarah Bird is the author of seven novels. Her most recent, "How Perfect Is That," a political satire set in high and low Austin society, was published this summer by Knopf.
"Little Big Man," "The Sotweed Factor," "Dog of the South," "Election," "Confederacy of Dunces," "About a Boy," "High Fidelity," "How to Be Good," "Lady Oracle," "Neighbors,"