Aaron Hamburger is the author of the story collection The View from Stalin’s Head, winner of the Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the novels Faith for Beginners, nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, Nirvana Is Here, winner of a Bronze Medal from the Foreword Reviews Indies Book Awards, and Hotel Cuba, winner of the Bridge Book Award for American Fiction. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, O, The Oprah Magazine, Tablet, The Forward; and numerous other publications. He lives in Washington, DC.