Jessica Pearce Rotondi

Jessica Pearce Rotondi is the author of "What We Inherit: A Secret War and a Family's Search for Answers," which Salman Rushdie calls "exceptional." Her work has been published by The History Channel, TIME, Reader’s Digest, Salon, Atlas Obscura, HuffPost, and Refinery29. Previously, she was a senior editor at HuffPost and a staff member at the PEN American Center, the world’s oldest literary human rights organization. Her first job in New York City was at St. Martin’s Press, where she had a “room of her own” in the Flatiron Building to fill with books. Jessica is a graduate of Brown University and is currently an editor and writer based in Brooklyn. Connect with Jessica on Twitter and Instagram @JessicaRotondi or visit JessicaPearceRotondi.com.