The New York Times asked Lee to contribute to a series of Summer Thriller short stories they were planning for their Summer ’09 Op-Ed section. “Why not write a prequel to GONE TOMORROW?” suggested Lee’s publisher, the brilliant strategist Gina Centrello. So that’s what he did. Published under the title Guy Walks Into a Bar…, the working title was The Wrongest Girl in the Room.
Illustrated by Erik T. Johnson for The New York Times
