Aaron Hamburger was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his story collection THE VIEW FROM STALIN’S HEAD. His novel FAITH FOR BEGINNERS was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. His novel NIRVANA IS HERE is the winner of a Bronze Medal in the 2019 Foreword Indies Awards. His latest novel, HOTEL CUBA, won the 2024 Bridge Book Award in American Fiction. It was featured on NPR and named a best book of 2023 by Hadassah Magazine. His latest novel THE SHIVA BANDIT is scheduled for release in early 2027. He is the winner of the 2023 Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize from Lambda Literary. His stories, essays, creative non-fiction, and more have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Poets & Writers, Tin House, Subtropics, O, the Oprah Magazine, Details, Crazyhorse, Boulevard, and many others.