John Darnielle John Darnielle is an American musician and novelist best known as the primary, and originally sole, member of the American band the Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. Darnielle's first novel, titled Wolf in White Van was published on September 16, 2014, and was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction two days later. He currently resides in Durham, North Carolina with his wife Lalitree Darnielle, a botanist and photographer (who was featured playing the banjo in the band's 1998 EP New Asian Cinema), and sons Roman and Moses. Check out his books here. |