Joan Frank is the author of twelve books of literary fiction and nonfiction. Her most recent novel, THE OUTLOOK FOR EARTHLINGS, was a ForeWord Reviews book of the month. Her novella collection, WHERE YOU’RE ALL GOING, won the Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction and the gold Independent Publishers Book Award for Literary Fiction. Her collected travel essays, TRY TO GET LOST, won the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize. Pending is a new collection of essays, LATE WORK: A LITERARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WAS READING. A MacDowell Fellow and recipient of many honors, Joan also reviews literary fiction and nonfiction for the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and similar venues. She lives in California’s North Bay Area. Read more about the author on their website.