Jes­si­ca Fech­tor is the author of the best­selling mem­oir, Stir: My Bro­ken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home, which chron­i­cles her recov­ery from a rup­tured brain aneurysm at 28, and how she reclaimed her life through food and cook­ing. Her play, Book of Hours, was devel­oped at The Ground Floor at Berke­ley Rep and the Great Plains The­atre Com­mons, and was a final­ist for the Eugene O’Neill Nation­al Play­wrights Con­fer­ence. Jessica’s essays have appeared in The Wall Street Jour­nal, The Wash­ing­ton Post, Tablet, and the For­ward. She lives in San Francisco.