Shana Youngdahl is a poet, professor, and the author of the acclaimed novel As Many Nows as I Can Get, a Seventeen Best Book of the Year, a New York Public Library Top Ten Best Book of the Year, and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. Shana hails from Paradise, California, devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire, which stirred her to write this novel. She now lives with her husband, two daughters, dog, and cat in Missouri where she teaches in the MFA in Writing Program at Lindenwood University.