Khanh Ha is the author of Flesh, The Demon Who Peddled Longing, and Mrs. Rossi's Dream. He is a seven-time Pushcart nominee, finalist for the Mary McCarthy Prize, Many Voices Project, Prairie Schooner Book Prize, and The University of New Orleans Press Lab Prize. He is the recipient of the Sand Hills Prize for Best Fiction, the Robert Watson Literary Prize in Fiction, The Orison Anthology Award for Fiction, The James Knudsen Prize for Fiction, The C and R Press Fiction Prize, and The EastOver Fiction Prize. Mrs. Rossi's Dream was named Best New Book by Booklist and a 2019 Foreword Reviews INDIES Silver Winner and Bronze Winner. Silver Winner and Bronze Winner.