Jen­nifer S. Brown is the author of Mod­ern Girls, which was a Goodreads Choice Award semi­fi­nal­ist for His­tor­i­cal Fic­tion, a Mass­a­chu­setts Book Award ​“Must Read,” and a USA Today best­seller. Her writ­ing has appeared in McSweeney’s, Fic­tion South­east, South­east Review, Hip­pocam­pus Mag­a­zine, Cognoscen­ti, and Belle­vue Lit­er­ary Review, among oth­er places.

Jen­nifer has a BFA in film and tele­vi­sion from New York Uni­ver­si­ty and an MFA in cre­ative writ­ing from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton. She loves writ­ing his­tor­i­cal fic­tion because the research lets her live vic­ar­i­ous­ly in anoth­er time and place. Jen­nifer has two (most­ly grown) chil­dren, two bea­gles, and a hus­band who won’t let her get more dogs. You can find Jen­nifer on Insta­gram (@brownjennys) or at www​.jen​nifers​brown​.com.