Janice Eidus has won numerous awards for her writing, including two O. Henry Prizes and the Independent Publishers Award in Religion for her recent novel, The War of the Rosens. Her other books include The Celibacy Club, Vito Loves Geraldine, Urban Bliss, and Faithful Rebecca; and, she's the co-editor of It's Only Rock and Roll: An Anthology of Rock and Roll Short Stories. Her work also appears in such anthologies as The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories; Neurotica: Jewish Writers on Sex; and Desire: Women Write about Wanting, and in leading newspapers and magazines including The New York TImes, Jewish Currents, Tikkun, and The Forward. She lives in New York City and Mexico with her husband and daughter.