[3] LaCava began her career at American Vogue and her work has since appeared in The Believer, The New York Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, Texte zur Kunst, and The New Inquiry.

[4] The novel follows her as she returns to the Montana town of Bozeman to live in her grandparents' house following the end of an abusive relationship with a man known as "The Director".

"[4] In addition to her writing, Stephanie LaCava is the founder of Small Press, an independent publisher of new works in translation and artist-led visual narratives for children and adults.

[13] In 2022, LaCava released a five-minute short film titled Based On, If Any, made in collaboration with filmmaker Tess Sahara and producer Isaac Hoff.

The Los Angeles Review of Books wrote that the film, "like so much of LaCava’s output, is deeply concerned with parents and children".