Lau­ren Fox, who earned her M.F.A. from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­neso­ta, is the author of the nov­els Days of Awe, Still Life with Hus­band, and Friends Like Us. Her work has appeared in numer­ous pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing The New York Times, Marie Claire, Par­ent­ing, Psy­chol­o­gy Today, The Rum­pus, and Salon. She lives in Mil­wau­kee with her hus­band and two daughters.