Mary Adkins is the author of the novels WHEN YOU READ THIS, PRIVILEGE, and PALM BEACH, and the memoir YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE A LITTLE PRESSURE. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and more. A graduate of Duke University and Yale Law School, she founded The Book Incubator, an MFA-alternative program, in 2021. She is also co-founder of Third Rail Press and lives in Dallas with her family.