Ava Robinson is a writer, educator and New Yorker. She is the Assistant Director of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and an alum of The New School’s MFA program. Previously, she wrote and hosted the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded podcast Trace Material for Parsons Healthy Materials Lab. She has had her work published in Soundings East, Santa Fe Writers Project, Oprah Daily, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, Definitely Better Now, was released in December 2024 and was a Book of the Month pick. She is represented by Jamie Carr of The Book Group.