Natalie Bakopoulos received her MFA in Fiction from the University of Michigan, where she now teaches. Her first novel, The Green Shore, which takes place in Athens and Paris between 1967 and 1973, was published in 2012 by Simon & Schuster. Her work has appeared in Tin House, Ninth Letter, Salon, Granta, Glimmer Train, The Millions, The New York Times, and in other publications, as well as in the 2010 PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories. Her book reviews appear regularly in the San Francisco Chronicle. She's the recipient of fellowships from the Camargo Foundation, the Sozopol Fiction Seminars, and the MacDowell Colony. Most recently, she was named a 2014-2015 Fulbright Scholar.