About the Author

Rachel Robbins received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a tenured assistant professor at Malcolm X College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago. A visual artist and two-time Pushcart Prize-nominated writer, her paintings have materialized on public transit, children’s daycare centers, and Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. She is the author of In Lieu of Flowers, available through Tortoise Books, and The Sound of a Thousand Stars, forthcoming from Alcove Press, Penguin Random House Audio, and Hodder & Stoughton, an imprint of Hachette UK.​ She lives in Chicago with her husband, children, and Portuguese Water dog.