David Bezmozgis's first book, Natasha and Other Stories, was translated into more than a dozen languages and was a New York Times Notable Book, as well as one of the New York Public Library's 25 Books to Remember for 2004. Natasha received the Reform Judaism Prize for Jewish Fiction and the 2005 City of Toronto Book Award; it was also a finalist for the Guardian First Book Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. David's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, and Zoetrope, and his stories have been included in The Best American Stories 2005 and 2006. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Sundance Screen writing Fellow.