Jean Thompson is a novelist and short story writer, whose most recent novel is She Pours Out Her Heart (Blue Rider Press). Her other works include the novels The Humanity Project, The Year We Left Home, City Boy, and  Wide Blue Yonder, and the short story collections The Witch and Other Tales Re-Told, Do Not Deny Me, Throw Like a Girl, and Who Do You Love, which was a 1999 National Book Award finalist. Thompson's short fiction has been published in many magazines and journals, includingThe New Yorker, and been anthologized inThe Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize.