Elise Juska's most recent novel, Reunion, was named a New York Times Editors' Choice and one of People Magazine's Best New Books. Her previous novels include If We Had Known and The Blessings, which was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, a LibraryReads selection, and one of the Philadelphia Inquirer's best books of the year. Juska's short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications including Ploughshares, The Gettysburg Review, The Missouri Review, Good Housekeeping, and Harvard Review. She is the recipient of the Alice Hoffman Prize, and her short fiction has been cited by The Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize anthologies. She lives in Havertown with her husband and son and is a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College.