MARGARET VANDENBURG has published works in a wide range of genres, including historical fiction, creative nonfiction, and literary criticism. She also wrote the libretto for Ada, which was most recently presented by the Center for Contemporary Opera. Having completed her Ph.D. at Columbia University, she traveled across Broadway to Barnard College, where she is a Senior Lecturer in English. Her Iraq War novel, Weapons of Mass Destruction, is forthcoming from The Permanent Press (October 2015).