Nona CaspersNona received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 2008. Heavier than Air was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice in 2007 and won the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction the year before. Her individual stories have won other award, including the Iowa Review Fiction Award in 2002, the Missouri Review Editor’s Prize finalist in two separate years, the Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Grant and Award, and a nomination for the 1990 LAMBDA award. Nona lives in San Francisco with her partner of nine years. When she’s not sitting in a sunny spot in her office writing, she enjoys the slow movement of a life well-attended: taking walks, gardening, and waiting for some nuance to spark another story. Read More Read Less