Jess Armstrong is the author of The Curse of Penryth Hall, which won the Mystery Writers of America/Minotaur First Crime Novel Competition. She has a masters degree in American history but prefers writing about imaginary people. When she's not working on her next project, she's probably thinking about cheese, baking, or tweeting. She lives in New Orleans with her historian husband, their two sons, a yellow cat, a speckled dog, and the world's most pampered school-fair goldfish.
