Marina Budhos is the author of several books for adults and young adults. Her newest novel, We Are All We Have, was a Kirkus Reviews‘ Best Fiction Book of 2022. Among her prior books are Watched, which received a Walter Award and an Asian Pacific American Honor, The Long Ride, Tell Us We’re Home, and Ask Me No Questions, recipient of numerous honors. She has also published the adult novels The Professor of Light and House of Waiting, and three works of nonfiction, including her co-authored books with husband Marc Aronson, Sugar Changed the World, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist and Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro & The Invention of Modern Photojournalism, both of which were YALSA Nonfiction Finalists. Her books have been published in several countries and her short work has appeared in publications such as The Daily Beast, LitHub, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, The Nation, Travel & Leisure, the Los Angeles Times, and in anthologies. She has received an NEA Literature Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, three Fellowships from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, and has been a Fulbright Scholar to India. She is a professor emerita at William Paterson University and now is a writing coach and editor. She frequently gives talks around the country and abroad and serves as a Board member for Pen Parentis. She lives in Maplewood with her husband, author Marc Aronson and their two sons, Sasha and Rafi.