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 enjoys 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 and Kirkus. Her second novel, The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman, won a National Jewish Book Award. Both novels received the Sydney Taylor Book Award. Mari lives in New York with her family, menagerie of pets, and robotic vacuum.