Jeanne Marie Laskas is the The New York Times best selling author of seven books, including CONCUSSION, the basis for the Sony Pictures Golden Globe nominated movie staring Will Smith. She writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and GQ, and serves as the Director of the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is a professor of creative writing.Jeanne Marie Laskas is the The New York Times best selling author of seven books, including CONCUSSION, the basis for the Sony Pictures Golden Globe nominated movie staring Will Smith. She writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and GQ, and serves as the Director of the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is a professor of creative writing.