Pam Jenoff is the author of sev­er­al books of his­tor­i­cal fic­tion, includ­ing the NYT best­sellers The Lost Girls of Paris and The Woman with the Blue Star. She holds a degree in inter­na­tion­al affairs from George Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty and a degree in his­to­ry from Cam­bridge, and she received her J.D. from UPenn. She lives with her hus­band and three chil­dren near Philadel­phia, where, in addi­tion to writ­ing, she teach­es law school.