Diana Clarke, a New Zealander, holds an MFA from Purdue University, where Roxane Gay was her thesis adviser, and is currently studying in the doctoral program at the University of Utah. She made her literary debut with the novel Thin Girls, and her work has been published in prestigious literary publications, including Glimmer Train, The Rumpus, Black Warrior Review, The Master's Review, and Hobart. The Hop is her second novel. She is currently the Writer in Residence at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.