ANDREW BORYGA was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, and has called Miami home for a decade. His debut novel, Victim (2024), was a finalist for the Gotham Book Prize, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and a best book of the year selection by NPR, the BBC, and Literary Hub. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among other publications. He has taught writing to elementary school students, college students, and incarcerated men. He also writes Dwell, a free monthly Substack newsletter about his adventures in publishing.