Esther Chehe­bar is a con­tribut­ing writer at Tablet mag­a­zine, where she cov­ers Sephardic Jew­ish tra­di­tion and com­mu­ni­ty, and a mem­ber of Sephardic Bikur Holim, a non-prof­it sup­port­ing the grow­ing Syr­i­an Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty in Brook­lyn. She holds an MFA from the New School and has had her work fea­tured in Glam­our and Man Repeller. Chehebar’s first book, I Share My Name, was an illus­trat­ed children’s book explain­ing the Sephardic tra­di­tion of nam­ing chil­dren for their grand­par­ents. She lives in New York with her hus­band, their kids, their Ori-Pei named Jude, and a cou­ple of fish. This is her debut novel.