Shalom Auslanderย was raised in Monsey, New York. Nominated for the Koret Award for writers under 35, he has published articles inย Esquire,ย theย New York Times Magazine,ย Tablet,ย The New Yorker, and has had stories aired on NPR'sย This American Life. Auslander is the author of the novelย Hope: A Tragedy, the short story collectionย Beware of God,ย and the memoirย Foreskin's Lament. He lives in New York. To learn more about Shalom Auslander, please visit shalomauslander.com.