Sarah Shun-lien Bynum is the author of two novels, both from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Ms. Hempel Chronicles, a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award; and Madeleine Is Sleeping, a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award. She lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Otis College of Art and Design.