Emily Gray Tedrowe is the author of Commuters, which was named a Best New Paperback by Entertainment Weekly, an IndieNext Notable pick, and a Target Breakout Book. Her short fiction has been published in the Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row Journal, Fifty-Two Stories, and Other Voices. Blue Stars was conceived during her brother’s Marine Corps service in the Iraq War. Originally from New York City, Emily now lives in Chicago with her husband and daughters. Sign up for email updates here.