Jessica Penner earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Her first novel, Shaken in the Water (Foxhead Books/Workplay Publishing) was named an Editors’ Choice by the Historical Novel Society. She has published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in Wordgathering. Luna Luna, The Fiddleback, Bellevue Literary Review, Rhubarb, Journal of Mennonite Studies, Journal of Mennonite Writing, and the anthologies Tongue Screws and Testimonies and Gush: Menstrual Manifestos for Our Times. She received Honorable Mentions in fiction and nonfiction from Open City and Bellevue Literary Review, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives in New York City.