Eliz­a­beth Graver’s fifth nov­el, Kan­ti­ka, was inspired by the migra­tion sto­ry of her Turk­ish Sephar­ic grand­moth­er, whose jour­ney took her from Turkey to Spain, Cuba and New York. Turk­ish, Ger­man and audio edi­tions are forth­com­ing. Her nov­el The End of the Point was long-list­ed for the 2013 Nation­al Book Award and select­ed as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her oth­er nov­els are Awake, The Hon­ey Thief, and Unrav­el­ling. Her sto­ry col­lec­tion, Have You Seen Me?, won the 1991 Drue Heinz Lit­er­a­ture Prize. Her work has been anthol­o­gized in Best Amer­i­can Short Sto­ries, Best Amer­i­can Essays, and Prize Sto­ries, the O. Hen­ry Awards. She teach­es at Boston College.