Timothy Schaffert is the author of seven novels, most recently the bestselling THE TITANIC SURVIVORS BOOK CLUB (“gripping historical fiction” — New York Times). His work has been a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a USA Today bestseller, an Oprah 2.0 Book Club book of the week, an Indie Next pick, and a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and has been featured in the Washington Post, LA Times, People, Good Housekeeping, Entertainment Weekly, and on NBC New York, NPR Morning Edition, and Studio 360, among other publications and broadcasts. His novels have been translated into French, Italian, and other languages. He grew up on a farm outside Aurora, Nebraska, and is a professor in the English Department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Glenna Luschei Editor in Chief of Prairie Schooner.