Kathleen Hill teaches in the M.F.A. Program at Sarah Lawrence College. Her novel Still Waters in Niger was named a Notable Book by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune, and the French translation was shortlisted for the Prix Femina Etranger. Her stories have won a number of literary awards, and have appeared in Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize XXV, and The Pushcart Book of Short Stories.