Sharon Solwitz is a fiction writer and professor based in Chicago, Illinois. She is the author of the short story collection ''Blood and Milk'' and the novels ''Bloody Mary'' and ''Once, in Lourdes''.

Tom Perotta Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

and Heidi Pitlor selected her story "Alive" for inclusion in ''

The Best American Short Stories 2012 ''The Best American Short Stories 2012'', a volume in the Best American Short Stories The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of '' The Best American Series'' published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS antholo ...

'', and her story "Gifted" was chosen for the 2016 collection. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1991, and teaches creative writing at

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

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