MIRTA OJITO is a journalist, professor, and author of two nonfiction books. She is the recipient of an Emmy for the documentary Harvest of Misery as well as a shared Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001, for a series of New York Times articles on race. A refugee from Cuba, her work often explores the complexities of identity, belonging, and the quiet power of resilience. She lives in Coral Gables, Florida, where she is endlessly inspired – and occasionally outnumbered – by her three grown sons and too many plants. Deeper than the Ocean: A Novel (Union Square & Co.) is her first book.