Deb­o­rah Kotz is a for­mer jour­nal­ist who has writ­ten reg­u­lar­ly for the Wash­ing­ton Post, US News and World Report, the Boston Globe and the Jew­ish Tele­graph­ic Agency among oth­ers. She has an MFA from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bal­ti­more, and her fic­tion has been pub­lished on the lit­er­ary site Jew​ish​Fic​tion​.net. Find her col­lec­tion of short sto­ries at deb​o​rahkotz​.com, or fol­low her on X @debkotz2 or Insta­gram debkotz.