Susan Daitch is the author of seven published novels and a collection of short stories. Her first novel, L.C., was a recipient of an NEA heritage award and a Lannan Foundation grant. She has also received two Vogelstein Foundation awards and a Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her novel, Siege of Comedians was listed as one of the best books of 2021 in The Wall Street Journal and her books have been translated into German, Spanish, and Italian. Her most recent, The Adjudicator, is a novel about genetic engineering and consciousness.