Buzzy Jack­son is the award-win­ning author of three books of non­fic­tion and has a PhD in His­to­ry from UC Berke­ley. A recent fel­low at the Edith Whar­ton Writ­ing Res­i­den­cy, she is also a mem­ber of the Nation­al Book Crit­ics’ Cir­cle and writes for The Boston Globe and Booko­rum.