Antonia Angress, named a “5 Under 35” honoree by the National Book Foundation in 2024, is the author of Sirens & Muses, which was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award and named a best book of the year by Glamour and the American Library Association. She is a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, a Minnesota State Arts Board Grantee, and a graduate of Brown and the University of Minnesota. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Costa Rica, she lives in Minneapolis with her family.