in history from Williams College and earned her graduate degree in historical studies from Cambridge University, where she was a Herchel Smith scholar.
"[1][2] "Fallout" won the 2021 Sperber Prize, and was also cited as a best book of 2020 by Vanity Fair, Publishers Weekly, and other publications.
She is also the author of "It Happened Here" (Thornwillow Press, 2011), a book detailing the raucous social history of New York City’s St. Regis Hotel.
The book was the inaugural volume of Thornwillow’s “Libretto series,” which showcases the work of literary lions past and present, including Peter Matthiessen, Adam Gopnik, and Lewis Lapham.
Her debut children’s novel, "Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters," has sold over 300,000 copies.