Jen Conley grew up in Manchester Township, New Jersey, about two miles away from where the Zeppelin Hindenburg 1937 crashed. She has an English Literature degree from Elon College, North Carolina, and spent over two years living in London, England, a city she still loves. She’s been a convenience store clerk, secretary, bartender, and finally, a middle school teacher (which she is retiring from in February 2025). Despite all these jobs, she’s always been writing. Conley is the author of the Anthony Award-winning YA novel, Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry and the Anthony Award-nominated short story collection, Cannibals: Stories from the Edge of the Pine Barrens. She has published over forty short stories in print and online and is the co-host of the crime fiction reading series “Noir at the Bar” in Manhattan, NYC. She lives in Brick Township, New Jersey, about three miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. She loves soccer, tea, Italian food, classic rock, and books.