**Rahul Mehta** is the author of the novel _No Other World_ and the short story collection _Quarantine_. Their work has been awarded a Lambda Literary Award and an Asian American Literary Award and has appeared in numerous publications, including the _Kenyon Review,_ the _Massachusetts Review,_ the _Georgia Review, The Sun,_ and the _New York Times Magazine._ Born and raised in West Virginia in a Gujarati-American household, they teach creative writing in Philadelphia, where they live with their partner and their dog.