Mary Mor­ris is the author of numer­ous works of fic­tion, includ­ing the nov­els Gate­way to the Moon, The Jazz Palace, A Mother’s Love, and House Arrest, and of non­fic­tion, includ­ing the trav­el clas­sic Noth­ing to Declare: Mem­oirs of a Woman Trav­el­ing Alone. Mor­ris is a recip­i­ent of the Rome Prize in Lit­er­a­ture and the 2016 Anis­field-Wolf Book Award for Fic­tion. She lives in Brook­lyn, NY.