A. M. Homes’s most recent book is Days of Awe, a collection of short stories published by Viking. Her novel May We Be Forgiven won the 2013 Orange/Women’s Prize for Fiction. Homes has been the recipient of numerous awards including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was born in Washington D.C., lives in New York City, and teaches in the creative writing program at Princeton. She serves on the boards of Yaddo and Poets & Writers. (Photo credit: Marion Ettlinger.)