A. M. Homes is the author of the novels The Unfolding, May We Be Forgiven, which won the Women's Prize in 2013, This Book Will Save Your Life, a Richard and Judy pick in 2007, Music for Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack; three collections of short stories, Days of Awe, Things You Should Know, and The Safety of Objects; and the highly acclaimed memoir The Mistress's Daughter, as well as the travel memoir Los Angeles. A Washington DC native, she currently teaches at Princeton University and lives in New York City.