Amy Bloom is the author of A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, Come to Me, and a novel," Love Invents Us. Her work has appeared in "The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and "Harper's Bazaar, among other publications, and in many anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories; Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards; and The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction. A practicing psychotherapist, she lives in Connecticut and teaches at Yale University.