Gina B. Nahai is a best-sell­ing author, colum­nist, and full-time lec­tur­er at USC’s Mas­ter of Pro­fes­sion­al Writ­ing Pro­gram. Her nov­els have been trans­lat­ed into eigh­teen lan­guages, and have been select­ed as ​“Best Books of the Year” by the Los Ange­les Times and Chica­go Tri­bune. She has also been a final­ist for the Orange Prize and the Inter­na­tion­al IMPAC Dublin Lit­er­ary Award.