Pam Jenoff is the New York Times bestselling
author of The Orphan's Tale, as well as eight other novels. The
Kommandant's Girl, her first novel, was an international bestseller and
nominated for a Quill award. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international
affairs from George Washington University and a master’s degree in history from
Cambridge, and she received her Juris Doctor from the University of
Pennsylvania. Jenoff’s novels are based on her experiences working at the
Pentagon and also as a diplomat for the State Department handling Holocaust
issues in Poland. She lives outside Philadelphia, Pa. with her husband and
three children where, in addition to writing, she teaches law school.