Jennifer Chiaverini

Jennifer Chiaverini (born 1969) is a New York Times bestselling author of several historical novels and the Elm Creek Quilts series, as well as six collections of quilt patterns inspired by her books.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame[2] and the University of Chicago, she taught writing in the English Departments of Penn State and Edgewood College.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin.

About her historical fiction, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes, “In addition to simply being fascinating stories, these novels go a long way in capturing the texture of life for women, rich and poor, black and white, in those perilous years.” Chiaverini's 2016 book, Fates and Traitors, tells the story of John Wilkes Booth from Booth's point of view.

[3] In 2017, Chiaverini released Enchantress of the Numbers, a historical novel about the mathematician Ada Lovelace.