Eleanor Henderson
<p></p><p>Eleanor Henderson was born in Greece, grew up in Florida, and attended Middlebury College and the University of Virginia. Her debut novel, <em>Ten Thousand Saints</em>, was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2011 by the <em>New York Times </em>and a finalist for the Award for First Fiction from the <em>Los Angeles Times </em>and was adapted into a film in 2015. An associate professor at Ithaca College, she lives in Ithaca, New York, with her husband and two sons. </p>