Mari Lowe has too little free time and spends it all on writing and escape rooms. As the daughter of a rabbi and as a middle school teacher at an Orthodox Jewish school, she looks forward to sharing little glimpses into her community with her books. Her debut middle grade novel, Aviva vs. the Dybbuk, was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Kirkus, and is a Sydney Taylor Book Award winner. Lowe’s next novel, The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman, is forthcoming in Fall ’23. She lives in New York with her family, menagerie of pets, and robotic vacuum.