Rita Zoey Chin is the author of the widely praised memoir, Let the Tornado Come .
This is her first novel..
Her work has appeared in Guernica , Tin House, and Marie Claire .
She has taught at Towson University and at Grub Street in Boston.
She holds an MFA from the University of Maryland and is the recipient of a Katherine Anne Porter Prize, an Academy of American Poets Award, and a Bread Loaf scholarship.
Rita Zoey Chin is the author of the widely praised memoir, Let the Tornado Come