Natasha Siegel is the author of Solomon’s Crown, a New York Times Book Review Edi­tors’ Choice. She was born and raised in Lon­don, where she grew up in a Dan­ish-Jew­ish fam­i­ly sur­round­ed by sto­ries. Her poet­ry has won acco­lades from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oxford.