John Bowe has written for a variety of publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, McSweeney's, This American Life, and others. He is the co-editor of Gig: People Discuss Their Work, the editor of Us: Americans Discuss Love, and the author of Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New World Economy. Basquiat's screenplay was co-written by him. He has been awarded the J. The Hillman Prize, the Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and the Richard J.

For reporting on hunger and poverty issues, the Margolis Prize and the Harry Chapin Media Award have been given. He was born in the Minnesota town of Wayzata. He now resides in New York City.