Deb­o­rah Shapiro was born and raised out­side of Boston, Mass­a­chu­setts. Her writ­ing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Los Ange­les Review of Books, Sight Unseen, Tin House, and else­where. Her first nov­el, The Sun in Your Eyes, was select­ed as an Edi­tors’ Choice by The New York Times Book Review, as well as one of the season’s best reads by Harper’s Bazaar, The Wall Street Jour­nal Mag­a­zine, Chica­go Tri­bune, and Vul­ture, among oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. She lives with her hus­band and son in Chicago.