[citation needed] Dee's first job out of college was at The Paris Review,[5] as an Associate Editor and personal assistant to George Plimpton.

[citation needed] Dee has published eight novels, including The Lover of History, The Liberty Campaign, St.

Famous, Palladio, The Privileges, A Thousand Pardons, The Locals, and Sugar Street.

He interviewed Hersey[9] and co-interviewed Grace Paley for The Paris Review's The Art of Fiction series.

Dee lives in the historic John G. Ayling House in Syracuse, New York, with his partner, the writer Dana Spiotta.