Rebec­ca Wolf is a for­mer jour­nal­ist whose fic­tion and essays have appeared in many pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing Apric­i­ty and Tablet. She is a vol­un­teer writ­ing tutor for PEN, America’s Prison Writ­ing Pro­gram, and she lived in Jerusalem as a for­eign stu­dent before attend­ing Barnard Col­lege. She lives in New Jer­sey with her family.