Meg Mullins is the author of three books published by Viking Penguin: THE RUG MERCHANT, DEAR STRANGERS and THIS IS HOW I’D LOVE YOU. Her work has been translated into eleven languages and optioned for film. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous journals and been included in The Best American Short Stories. She earned her MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. She was born and raised in New Mexico and happily returned there to raise her own children.