Elizabeth Swados has published fiction, nonfiction, and children's books and received the Ken Award, as well as a New York Public Library Award for her book My Depression. Other awards include five Tony nominations, three Obie Awards, a Helen Hayes Award, and many others. She is the author of THE ONE AND ONLY HUMAN GALAXY (2009), WAITING: SELECTED NONFICTION (2011) and THE CONTEST (2013), all from Hanging Loose Press.