Emily J. Smith is a writer and tech professional based in Brooklyn. She has led teams at top tech companies and founded the dating app, Chorus. She holds a B.S in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell, and an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Her writing has appeared in Catapult, The Rumpus, Slate, Vice, WashPo, and others. This is her first novel.