She is the author of the books Death's Summer Coat (2016), Mr Humble & Doctor Butcher (2021), The Intermediaries (2025), and a series of cozy mystery novels about autistic amateur detective Jo Jones that began with The Framed Women of Ardemore House (2024) and The Dead Come to Stay (2025).
Schillace was born in 1977 or 1978, in Akron, and largely grew up in an underground house near an abandoned coal mine in Coshocton County.
[2] She is the founder and main host of the Peculiar Book Club (2020), a podcast that has featured guests such as Mary Roach and Lindsay Fitzharris.
It was praised by The New York Times for being "delightfully macabre"[6] with Publishers' Weekly concluding, "Schillace explains the medical nuances of White's surgeries without too much gruesome detail, and her lyrical prose and psychological insights keep the pages turning".
[citation needed] Schillace is the editor of Medical Humanities, and has written for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, and New Scientist.