Danielle Evans is a renowned author and professor of creative writing. She is best known for her debut novel, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, which won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Evans has also published two collections of short stories, The Office of Historical Corrections and Vivian in Red. She is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a faculty member of the MFA program at the University of Michigan. Evans is a passionate advocate for diversity in literature and has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Paris Review. Her work has been praised for its honest and powerful exploration of race, identity, and family.