Nina Wachsman is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design, where she studied under Maurice Sendak. She is currently the CEO of a digital marketing agency in New York City. She is also a descendant of a chief rabbi of the Ghetto, a contemporary of the rabbi in the novel. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the Historical Novel Society, and has published stories in mystery and horror magazines and anthologies. "The Gallery of Beauties" her debut novel, was an Agatha nominee for Best First Novel.
