Sofiya Paster­nack is a nurse whose fond­est child­hood mem­o­ries involve her pet goats wreck­ing the house. When she’s not at the hos­pi­tal, she can be found enjoy­ing Utah’s wild places, teach­ing her kids to make chal­lah, and writ­ing what­ev­er new sto­ry has tak­en up res­i­dence in her brain. She lives in Utah.