Tova Reich is the author of the novels Mara (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Master of the Return (Harcourt), and The Jewish War (Pantheon), all of which are available in paperback from Syracuse University Press. Her stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, AGNI, Conjunctions, and elsewhere, and have been included in several anthologies. She has written essays and reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Leader, The Wilson Quarterly, and other publications. In 1996, Harper’s won the National Magazine Award for Fiction for her story, “The Lost Girl.” She has received the Edward Lewis Wallant Award as well as other literary prizes.
She lives on the fringe of Washington, DC.