Tara Ison’s nov­els include The List, A Child out of Alca­traz (a Los Ange­les Times Book Prize final­ist) and Rock­away (one of Oprah Mag­a­zine’s ​“Best Books of Sum­mer”). The recip­i­ent of two Nation­al Endow­ment for the Arts Cre­ative Writ­ing Fel­low­ships and a Bran­deis Nation­al Wom­en’s Com­mit­tee Award, she received her MFA from Ben­ning­ton Col­lege and is Pro­fes­sor of Fic­tion at Ari­zona State University.