**Gabriella Burnham *'s debut novel, It Is Wood, It Is Stone *, was named a best book of the year by * Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Publishers Weekly,and Good Housekeeping . She holds an MFA in creative writing from St. Joseph's College and has been awarded fellowships to Yaddo and MacDowell, wher...

**Gabriella Burnham *'s debut novel, It Is Wood, It Is Stone *, was named a best book of the year by * Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Publishers Weekly,and Good Housekeeping . She holds an MFA in creative writing from St. Joseph's College and has been awarded fellowships to Yaddo and MacDowell, where she was named a Harris Center Fellow. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in * Harper's Bazaar. Burnham and her partner live in Brooklyn, New York, with their two rescue cats, Galleta and Franz.