Michelle Brafman’s fic­tion and essays have appeared in The Wash­ing­ton Post, Slate, Tablet, and oth­ers. A reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor to the Lilith Mag­a­zine blog, she has led its salon dis­cus­sions at the­aters and arts cen­ters through­out the Wash­ing­ton, DC area. She teach­es fic­tion writ­ing at Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­si­ty and lives in Glen Echo, Mary­land with her hus­band and two children.