Thrity Umrigar

Thrity Umrigar is the bestselling author of nine novels, as well as a memoir and three picture books. Her most recent novel, Honor, was a Reese's Book Club pick; The Space Between Us was a finalist for the PEN/Beond Margins Award. Her books have been published in more than twenty countries. A former journalist, she has contributed to the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and other newspapers. She is a recipient of a fellowship from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, and winner of the Cleveland Arts Prize, Seth Rosenberg Prize, and Lambda Literary Award. Umrigar is a Distinguished University Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University.