Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz is a New York Times best-selling writer of nonfiction and poetry. She is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently How to Love the Empty Air. Her sixth poetry collection, The Year of No Mistakes, was named Book of the Year for Poetry by the Writers’ League of Texas, and her second nonfiction book, Dr. Mütter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine, spent three months on the New York Times Best Seller list. She lives in Austin, TX, with her husband, the novelist Ernest Cline, and their family. www.aptowicz.com