Lisa Zei­d­ner has pub­lished four nov­els, includ­ing the crit­i­cal­ly-acclaimed Lay­over, and two books of poems. Her sto­ries, reviews and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Slate, GQ, Tin House, and else­where. She directs the MFA Pro­gram in Cre­ative Writ­ing at Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty in Camden.