Emily Raboteau holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from New York University, where she was a "New York Times "Fellow. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the "Chicago Tribune"'s Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, and a New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship. Her stories have been published in "Tin House", "The Missouri Review", and "Best American Short Stories 2003". She lives in Brooklyn and teaches creative writing at the City College of New York.