Debra Green has always been drawn to good sto­ry­telling, espe­cial­ly his­tor­i­cal nov­els and Broad­way musi­cals. When not writ­ing, she can usu­al­ly be found in her veg­etable gar­den. A grad­u­ate of Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty and Colum­bia University’s Mail­man School of Pub­lic Health, she lives with her hus­band, David, in Scotch Plains, New Jer­sey. The Con­ven­tion of Wives is her first novel.