Jennifer Steil spent a year as editor of the Yemen Observer, a twice-weekly English-language newspaper published in Sana'a, Yemen. Before moving to Yemen in 2006, she was senior editor at the Week, which she helped to launch in 2001. She has also worked as an editor at Playgirl magazine and at Folio. Her work has appeared in Time, Life, Good Housekeeping, and Woman's Day. Jennifer has an M.S. in journalism from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Sana'a, Yemen, with her fiance.
