Bethany Ball is the author of the acclaimed novels What To Do About the Solomons and The Pessimists, both published by Grove Atlantic.

Born and raised in Detroit, Bethany has lived in New York for over 20 years. She received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence and was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and the Jewish Book Council debut fiction prize. Her work has been featured and reviewed in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Detroit Free Press, Jewish Book Council, Electric Literature, Zyzzyva and has work forthcoming from Sewanee Press, Northwest Review, and Lilith Magazine. She is currently at work a new novel set in the Motor City.