Clare Sestanovich is the author of a story collection, Objects of Desire, and the forthcoming novel, Ask Me Again, both published by Knopf. She was named a finalist for the PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize and a "5 Under 35" honoree by the National Book Foundation in 2022. She is the managing editor at The Drift, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper's, and elsewhere.