Julianna Baggott's first novel, Girl Talk, was a national bestseller, and has been followed by The Miss America Family, The Madam, and Which Brings Me to You, co-written with Steve Almond, and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2006. Her novel Pure, the first in the trilogy of the same name, was a New York Times Notable Book in 2012. Baggott has also written young adult novels, and is an acclaimed poet and essayist. Her poems have been featured in Best American Poetry, and her essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Glamour. An associate professor at Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts, Baggott lives with her husband and four children, and divides her time between Florida and Massachusetts.
