Julianna Baggott is the author of over twenty books, under her own name and pen names, most notably New York Times Notable Books of the Year Pure, from the Pure Trilogy, and Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Modern Love column and Book Review section, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Best American Poetry, and NPR’s Here and Now, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. She teaches screenwriting at Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts and holds the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters at The College of the Holy Cross.