Lauren Groff is the
New York Times bestselling author of three novels,
The Monsters of Templeton,
Arcadia, and
Fates and Furies, and two short story collections,
Florida and
Delicate Edible Birds. She has won the PEN/O. Henry Award, and been a three-time finalist for the National Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her work has been featured in
The New Yorker, along with several
Best American Short Stories anthologies, and she was named one of Granta's 2017 Best Young American Novelists. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, with her husband and sons.
Heidi Pitlor is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and has been the series editor for The Best American Short Stories since 2007. She is the author of the novels The Birthdays, The Daylight Marriage, and Impersonation.