Andrea Avery (’10, ’16) is the author of Sonata: A Memoir of Pain and the Piano, from Pegasus Books. She holds an MFA in fiction writing from Arizona State University. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares; The Oxford American; and The Politics of Women’s Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior (Oxford University Press). In 2010 she was named the winner of Real Simple’s Life Lessons essay contest, and in 2012 she was a finalist in Glamour magazine’s essay contest.