MARIA REVA was born in Ukraine and grew up in Canada. She holds an MFA from the Michener Center at the University of Texas. Her fiction has appeared in <i>The Atlantic</i>, <i>McSweeney's</i>, <i>Best American Short Stories</i>, and elsewhere, and has won a National Magazine Award. She also works as an opera librettist.<br/><a href="http://www.mariareva.ca">http://www.mariareva.ca</a><br/><a href="http://www.twitter.com/@_mariareva">http://www.twitter.com/@_mariareva</a>