Talya Jankovits is the author of the award-win­ning poet­ry col­lec­tion, girl woman wife moth­er. Her essays, fic­tion, and poet­ry have appeared in many pub­li­ca­tions. She cur­rent­ly resides in Chica­go with her hus­band and their four daugh­ters. The Very Unre­mark­able Life of Mrs. Etty Bloom is her debut novel.