Amy Bloom is the New York Times best­selling author of four pre­vi­ous nov­els: White Hous­es, Lucky Us, Away, and Love Invents Us; and three col­lec­tions of short sto­ries: Where the God of Love Hangs Out, Come to Me (final­ist for the Nation­al Book Award), and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You (final­ist for the Nation­al Book Crit­ics Cir­cle Award). Her most recent book is the wide­ly acclaimed mem­oir In Love. She has writ­ten for mag­a­zines such as The New York­er, The New York Times Mag­a­zine, Vogue, Elle, and The Atlantic, and her work has been trans­lat­ed into sev­en­teen languages.