Aisha Abdel Gawad is a writer and teacher. Her debut novel, BETWEEN TWO MOONS,  is the recipient of a New York City Book Award, a finalist for the Gotham Book Prize, and was longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the 2023 New American Voices Award. Her short fiction and essays have been published in places such as The Kenyon Review, Bon Appetit, Literary Hub, American Short Fiction, and The Muslim World. She teaches high school English in Connecticut.