Sasha Vasilyuk grew up in Ukraine and Russia before immigrating to San Francisco at the age of 13. Her nonfiction has been published in The New York Times, CNN, Harper’s Bazaar, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. She has won several awards, including the Solas Award for Best Travel Writing, NATJA award, and BAM/PFA Fellowship from UC Berkeley. Her debut novel, Your Presence Is Mandatory, was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She lives in San Francisco.