Aryn Kyle is the author of the bestselling novel The God of Animals and a graduate of the University of Montana writing program.nbsp;Her short stories have appeared innbsp;Ploughshares, The Georgia Review, Alaska Quarterly Review,nbsp;Best New American Voicesnbsp;2005, Best American Short Stories 2007, andnbsp;The Atlantic Monthly, for whichnbsp;her story "Foaling Season" won a National Magazine Award.nbsp;She is also the recipient of the American Library Association's Alex Award, the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers'Award, and others.nbsp; Shenbsp;lives in New York.