About The Author
N. West Moss is the author of the memoir Flesh & Blood and the short story collection The Subway Stops at Bryant Park. Her essays and short stories have appeared in McSweeney's, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New York Times, among other publications. Birdy is her first book for young readers. She lives in New Jersey.

Kristine Bilkau
Other Writings

Online Stories

The New York Times: A Planet of Pain, Where No Words Are Quite Right
McSweeney's: Things to Discuss with my Doctor before the Hysterectomy
The Saturday Evening Post: Omeer's Mangoes (winner of the Great American Fiction Contest)
The Saturday Evening Post: The Absence of Sound
The Saturday Evening Post: Au Pair
The Saturday Evening Post: Chaos in the Gardens
The Saturday Evening Post: The Era of Zonker
The Saturday Evening Post: Talking about Death
Salon: My Father's Medical Mystery
Salon: The Miscarriage that Leveled Me


