is the author of the memoir This Story Will Change as well as numerous works of fiction, including the novel The History of Great Things and the story collection Turf. She is a recipient of the Chicago Public Library 21st Century Award. Her work has been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts and adapted for the stage by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater. Her debut novel, We Only Know So Much, has been adapted for film. She teaches in the low residency MFA program at UC Riverside Palm Desert. A new collection of short stories, That May Not Mean What You Think, alongside a reissue of her first collection When the Messenger is Hot, is out now from TriQuarterly.
