Sarah Gerard is the author of the essay collection Sunshine State, and the novels Binary Star and True Love. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, The Baffler, The Believer, and the anthologies We Can’t Help It If We’re From Florida, Small Blows Against Encroaching Totalitarianism Vol. 2, Erase the Patriarchy, and Tampa Bay Noir. She lives in Florida with her partner, the writer Patty Yumi Cottrell.