Anne Valente is the author of two novels, The Desert Sky Before Us (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2019) and Our Hearts Will Burn US Down (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2016), as well as the short story collection, By Light We Knew Our Names (Dzanc Books, 2014). She is also the author of the fiction chapbook, An Elegy for Mathematics (Bull City Press, 2017). Her fiction appears in One Story, American Short Fiction, The Kenyon Review and The Chicago Tribune, and her essays appear in The Believer and The Washington Post. Originally from St. Louis, she teaches creative writing and literature at Hamilton College.