Preti Taneja is a writer and activist. Her first novel, We That Are Young (Galley Beggar Press/Knopf), won the Desmond Elliott Prize for the UK's best debut of the year and was listed for international awards, including the Folio Prize, the Prix Jan Michalski, and the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. It has been translated into several languages. Aftermath, her second book, is an abolitionist's lament against terror, trauma, and the school-to-prison pipeline. She is a Contributing Editor at And Other Stories and at The White Review, and Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing at Newcastle University, UK.