Anastasia Zadeik is a writer, editor, and narrative nonfiction performer. Her debut novel, Blurred Fates, was awarded the 2023 Sarton Award and the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award in Contemporary Fiction. Her second novel, The Other Side of Nothing, was selected as a Zibby Summer Read and awarded the 2024 IPPY Gold for Popular Fiction. Anastasia serves as Director of Programming for the San Diego Writers Festival, sits on the board of the International Memoir Association, and volunteers as a mentor for the literary nonprofit So Say We All. She lives in San Diego with her husband and their empty-nest rescue dog, Charlie.