Emily X.R. Pan is the New York Times bestselling author of THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER, which was named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 Best YA Books of All Time. It also won the APALA Honor Award and Walter Honor Award, was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her latest novel, AN ARROW TO THE MOON, was a Locus Award finalist, an instant national bestseller, and featured on NPR’s Best Books of 2022. Emily is currently on the faculty of the creative writing MFA program at The New School, and has taught at Harvard University, New York University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts.