Allie Rowbottom is an American writer known for her 2018 memoir Jell-O Girls[1][2] and her debut novel Aesthetica about a former Instagram model with a plastic surgery addiction.
Rowbottom received her BA from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts where she was mentored by Maggie Nelson, and her PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Houston.
The memoir follows three women in Rowbottom's family and investigates the roles of domesticity in the American kitchen over generations.
[3][4] The memoir discusses the dessert specifically because Rowbottom's great-great-grandmother's sister's husband's father bought the Jell-O patent in 1899 for $450,[5] and because of Rowbottom's own account of her eating disorder and her active struggle with only eating foods, like Jell-O, that have a low calorie count.
Rowbottom was raised in New England and New York City and is now based in Los Angeles.