Thrity Umrigar is the bestselling author of ten novels, including Honor, which was a Reese's Book Club Pick, and of three picture books and a memoir. Her books have been published in more than fifteen countries and in several languages. A former journalist, she has contributed to the Washington Post, Boston Globe, New York Times, Cleveland's Plain Dealer, and other newspapers. She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and has been the winner of the Cleveland Arts Prize, the Seth Rosenberg prize, and a Lambda Literary award. She is currently a distinguished university professor of English at Case Western Reserve University.