Jes­si­ca Berg­er Gross is the author of the mem­oir Estranged: Leav­ing Fam­i­ly and Find­ing Home. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Mag­a­zine, The Cut, and more. She grad­u­at­ed from Vas­sar Col­lege and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wis­con­sin-Madi­son. Orig­i­nal­ly from New York, she lives with her hus­band and teenage son in Maine. Hazel Says No is her first novel.