Born and raised in Illinois, Jen Estes started her writing career as a baseball blogger in 2007 and moved on to freelance sports writing in 2009. She is an active member of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR), Springfield Poets & Writers and the National Writers Union (NWU). Jen has published two other novels in the Foul Ball series, Big Leagues and Curveball, both featuring sassy sports writer Cat McDaniel. When she isn't writing, she enjoys running, yoga, traveling and watching baseball with her husband and cat.