(Ball, Bethany) Bethany Ball was born in Detroit and has lived in Santa Fe, New Jersey, Miami, and Israel. Her debut novel es un New York Times Editors’ Choice and one of “10 New Books We Recommend This Week”; an Amazon Best Book of the Month (fiction/ literature); and one of Tablet Magazine’s “Seven Jewish Literary Fiction Books To Read This Year.” What To Do About The Solomons (Atlantic Monthly Press) is a hilarious multigenerational family saga set in Israel, New York, and Los Angeles that explores the secrets and gossip-filled lives of a kibbutz community near Jerusalem. Judy Blume writes, “There’s nothing more exciting as a bookseller (or a reader) than discovering a new writer who creates memorable characters in a setting we don’t see every day. Funny, sexy, and smart.”