Alice Mattison's story, "In Case We're Separated," which first appeared in Ploughshares, was reprinted in The Best American Short Stories 2002. She is the acclaimed author of four story collections and five novels, most recently, Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn. The Book Borrower and her collections In Case We're Separated and Men Giving Money, Women Yelling were named New York Times Notable Books. She lives in New Haven and teaches in Bennington College's M.F.A. program.