Chris Cander is a USA Today bestselling author whose acclaimed novels include A Gracious Neighbor, The Weight of a Piano (an Indie Next Great Read, and praised by the New York Times as "immense, intense and imaginative"), Whisper Hollow (also an Indie Next Great Read), and 11 Stories (a Kirkus Best Book of 2013 and an IPPY Award winner). She has also written the children's book The Word Burglar, and the Audible Originals "Eddies" and "Grieving Conversations." Cander's fiction has been translated into twelve languages.