Ellen Uman­sky has pub­lished fic­tion and non­fic­tion in a vari­ety of venues, includ­ing the New York Times, Salon, Play­boy, and the short-sto­ry antholo­gies Lost Tribe: Jew­ish Fic­tion from the Edge and Sleep­away: Writ­ings on Sum­mer Camp. She has worked in the edi­to­r­i­al depart­ments of sev­er­al pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing the For­ward, Tablet, and The New York­er. She grew up in Los Ange­les, and lives in Brook­lyn with her hus­band and two daughters.