Scott Nadel­son teach­es at Willamette Uni­ver­si­ty in Ore­gon and is the author of six pre­vi­ous books, includ­ing The Fourth Cor­ner of the World, an Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries hon­oree; and The Cantor’s Daugh­ter, win­ner of the Gold­berg Prize for Emerg­ing Jew­ish Writ­ers and the Reform Judaism Fic­tion Prize.