Aaron Ham­burg­er is the author of the sto­ry col­lec­tion The View from Stal­in’s Head—which won the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Arts and Let­ters’ Rome Prize — and two nov­els, Faith for Begin­ners and Nir­vana Is Here. His writ­ing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, O, the Oprah Mag­a­zine, The For­ward, and many oth­ers. He lives in Wash­ing­ton, DC.