Swati Avasthi received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and currently is studying for her MFA at the University of Minnesota.  Split (Knopf, 2010) is her first novel.  Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Portland Review, Water~Stone Review, and Special Gifts (Wyatt-Mackenzie, 2007).  She has received a Loft’s Mentor Series Award, a Marcella DeBourg Fellowship, and her fiction has been nominated for The Best New American Voices.  She lives with her riotously funny family – two large dogs, two small kids, and one (but worth two) husband(s)– in Minnesota.

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