Katherine Vaz, whose essay “Gone to Feed the Roses” won First Place in Narrative’s Fall 2013 Story Contest, is the author of the novel Saudade, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and Mariana, one of the Top 30 International Books of 1998 chosen by the Library of Congress. Fado & Other Stories received the 1997 Drue Heinz Prize, and Our Lady of the Artichokes won the 2007 Prairie Schooner Prize. Her children’s stories have been included in several anthologies. Vaz lives in New York City.