Matthew Good­man is a New York Times best­selling author of five books. His work has received the New York City Book Award, been a final­ist for a Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award, and has been trans­lat­ed into eight lan­guages. His writ­ing has appeared in The Wall Street Jour­nal, The For­ward, Tablet, and else­where. Matthew lives with his fam­i­ly in Brooklyn.