Eileen Garvin (’16) is the author of the national bestselling novel The Music of Bees and the acclaimed memoir How to Be a Sister. Her new novel, Crow Talk, will be published on April 30 2024. The Music of Bees was named a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick, a People Magazine Best New Book, a Library Reads Pick and many other “best-of” lists. Eileen’s essays have appeared with Medium, The Oregonian, Oregon Humanities Magazine, PsychologyToday.com, and Creative Non-Fiction Magazine. She lives in Oregon.