Alyssa Harad is a writer based in Austin, Texas. Her work has appeared in Kenyon Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, Marie Claire, The Chronicle Review, The Nation, and Jewish Quarterly. She is the author of a memoir called Coming to My Senses, published in paperback by Penguin.

Coming to My Senses grew out of the surprising year Alyssa spent giving up on official plans and becoming totally obsessed with perfume. She is currently at work on a new book she can’t talk about much yet but she promises there will be art and magic in it.