Claire Gibson is the author of Beyond the Point (William Morrow, 2019), a Book of the Month Club pick now in development for television with Lionsgate and Bonniedale Films. Her essays and journalism have appeared in Marie Claire, The Washington Post, Garden & Gun, and more. A 2023 Lincoln City and 2026 Julian Fellow, Gibson has studied at the Sirenland Writers' Conference and the Vermont Studio Center. She currently serves on the board of The Porch, a literary arts nonprofit, as well as the Board of Trustees for The Oak Hill School. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and children. Her forthcoming novel, a multigenerational family saga rooted in questions of adoption and belonging, will publish in 2027 from Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House.