A. J. Sidran­sky lives in Wash­ing­ton Heights in Upper Man­hat­tan with his wife. His debut nov­el, For­giv­ing Max­i­mo Roth­man was short­list­ed by the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards for Out­stand­ing Debut Fic­tion in 2013. He is the author of The Inter­preter, short­list­ed by Next Gen­er­a­tion Indie Book Awards for Best His­tor­i­cal Fic­tion 2020. For­giv­ing Stephen Red­mond was released in Jan­u­ary 2021 and short­list­ed by Next Gen­er­a­tion Indie Book Awards for Best Region­al Fic­tion, 2021. He is a dyed in the wool New York­er, born in the Bronx, and a life-long Yan­kees fan. He trav­els to the Domini­can Repub­lic every win­ter to unplug. Learn more about his work at www​.ajsidran​sky​.com.