Katherine Faw is the author of Ultraluminous, an Indie Next pick, which was named a best book of the year by The New Yorker, BOMB, and Vulture. Her debut novel, Young God, was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a best book of the year by The Times Literary Supplement, The Houston Chronicle, BuzzFeed, and more. She was born in North Carolina. She lives in New York.