Timothy Schaffert is the author of seven novels, most recently The Titanic Survivors Bookclub (forthcoming) and The Perfume Thief, which was named a Top Ten Best Book of the Summer by the LA Times and a Top 10 Historical Fiction Novel by CrimeReads. His work has been a New York Times Review Editors’ Choice, an Oprah.com Book of the Week, an Indie Next pick, and a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. He is co-editor and founder of the LGBTQ+ literary novel series Zero Street Fiction, and he is the Adele Hall Professor of English at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.