Robin Black is the author of the story collection, If I loved you, I would tell you this, a Finalist for the Frank O’Connor Story Prize, and named one of the best books of 2010 by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Irish Times; and the novel Life Drawing, long listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, the Folio Prize, and The IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and named one of the best books of 2015 by NPR. Her numerous essays and stories can be found in such publications as the New York Times Magazine, One Story, O Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune. She lives with her family in Philadelphia, and has taught most recently at Bryn Mawr College, as the Distinguished Visiting Writer, and in the Brooklyn College MFA Program.