Gabriella Burnham is a dual citizen of the United States and Brazil. Now a New York resident, she lived in Sa~o Paulo as a child and most of her family still lives there today. She holds an MFA in creative writing from The Writer’s Foundry at St. Joseph’s College and has been awarded fellowships to MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. She has worked as a reporter, a creative writing teacher, and in immigration law. It Is Wood, It Is Stone is her first novel. - (Random House, Inc.)