Women in the Castle (Shattuck) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1972
• Where—Washington, D.C., USA
• Education—B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., Columbia University
• Currently—lives in Brookline, Massachusetts


Jessica Shattuck is the award-winning author of The Hazards of Good Breeding (2003), which was a New York Times Notable Book and finalist for the PEN/Winship Award, and of Perfect Life (2009). Her third novel The Women in the Castle (2017), was inspired by her grandparents' experiences in Germany during World War II.

Shattuck's other writing has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Glamour, Mother Jones, Wired, and The Believer, among other publications. A graduate of Harvard University, she received her MFA from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and three children in Brookline, Massachusetts. (Adapted from the publisher.)