Carol Rifka Brunt grew up in the suburbs of New York City and now lives with her family in the southwest of England. She has published short fiction and non-fiction in The North American Review and The Sun. Her first novel, Tell the Wolves I’m Home, was named a best book of the year by Wall Street Journal, O Magazine, Kirkus, BookPage and Amazon, was an ALA Alex Award winner, a Barnes and Noble Discover pick, Target club pick, Costco Pennie’s Pick and has been translated into 18 languages. She is currently trying very hard to forget all that, pretend there is no pressure to live up to anything, and concentrate on writing her second novel.