A. G. Mojtabai is the author of nine previous books, including the novels Mundome, A Stopping Place, Autumn, Ordinary Time, and All That Road Going (Northwestern, 2008), the story collection Soon: Tales from Hospice, and the non-fiction study Blessed Assurance: At Home with the Bomb in Amarillo, Texas. Twice honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters--with the Rosenthal Award and the Academy Award for Literature--her books have won numerous awards, including the Lillian Smith Award for the best book about the American South.