Daphne Kalotay is a novelist and short story writer who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is known for her novels, Russian Winter and Sight Reading, and her collection of short stories, Calamity and Other Stories, which was short listed for the 2005 Story Prize. She is a graduate of Vassar College and holds an MA in creative writing and a PhD in literature from Boston University, where she has also taught. In addition, she has taught at Middlebury College and been a writer-in-residence at Skidmore College and Lynchburg College. As of June 2013, Kalotay is co-president of the Boston chapter of the Women?s National Book Association. She is a citizen of both the United States and Canada.