Kristen Sahaana Surya is a writer living in Brooklyn and a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. She is the recipient of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Award as well as fellowships and scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Vermont Studio Center. Her short stories have appeared in The Rumpus, Catapult, and The Offing, and anthologized in Best Debut Short Stories.