Xujun Eberlein grew up in Chongquing, China, and holds a Ph.D. from MIT, USA in Civil Engineering. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in US literary journals Story Quarterly, Saint Ann’s Review, Cottonwood, and Night Train, among others. “Watch the Thrill” received an award from the 2003 Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition. She lives with her husband and daughter in Massachusetts, USA.