Zee­va Bukai was born in Israel and raised in NYC. Her hon­ors include fel­low­ships at the Cen­ter for Fic­tion, Hedge­brook, and Byrd­cliffe AIR. Her sto­ries have appeared in mul­ti­ple jour­nals. She holds an MFA from Brook­lyn Col­lege and is the Assis­tant Direc­tor of Aca­d­e­m­ic Sup­port at SUNY Empire. She’s an ama­teur pot­ter and lives with her fam­i­ly in Brooklyn.