Jaclyn Gold­is is a grad­u­ate of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan, Ann Arbor, and NYU Law. She prac­ticed estate plan­ning law at a large Chica­go law firm for sev­en years before leav­ing her job to trav­el the world and write nov­els. After culling her pos­ses­sions into only what would fit in a back­pack, she trav­eled for over a year until set­tling in Tel Aviv, where she can often be found writ­ing from cafés near the beach.