Sigrid Nunez is the author of the nine works of fiction including A Feather on the Breath of God, The Last of Her Kind, Salvation City, The Friend, What Are You Going Through, and a new book, The Vulnerables. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. She has been the recipient of several awards, including the National Book Award for The Friend, the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages. She lives in New York City.