Receive a handwritten note from the winner of the William J. Saroyan International Prize for Fiction and author of the bestselling novel, Atmospheric Disturbances.

Rivka Galchen’s 2008 first novel Atmospheric Disturbances and her 2014 story collection American Innovations were both New York Times Best Books of the Year. She has received many awards as well as an MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Galchen lives in New York City.