Alli­son Epstein earned her M.F.A. in fic­tion from North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty and a B.A. in cre­ative writ­ing from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan. A Michi­gan native, she now lives in Chica­go. When not writ­ing, she enjoys good the­ater, bad puns, and fan­cy jack­ets. She is the author of the his­tor­i­cal nov­els A Tip for the Hang­man and Let the Dead Bury the Dead.