Debra Spark has published six books of fiction, two collections of essays about fiction writing, and two anthologies, the most recent to raise money for a hunger organization. Her novels and short stories have variously addressed romantic love, marriage, the mysteries of identity, art and deception, and contemporary anti-Semitism. Her most recent novel, Discipline, uses a narrative line about three stolen paintings to explore the haves and have nots of Maine, where she now lives. Her nonfiction includes book reviews, articles on home and design, and essays about aging, parenthood, and grief. She is currently writing about international medical graduates, modernist architects, orphan diseases, baseball, and religious converts, among other topics, for a book of essays focused on coincidence stories. She is the Zacamy Professor of English at Colby College and teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. © photo Michael Harris