JENNIFER BELLE is the bestselling author of four novels: Going Down (Riverhead), which was named best debut novel by Entertainment Weekly and optioned for the screen 27 times; High Maintenance (Riverhead); Little Stalker: A Novel (Riverhead); and The Seven Year Bitch (Riverhead). She is also the author of Animal Stackers (Hyperion Book CH), a picture book for children illustrated by David McPhail. Her stories and essays have appeared in La Revista New York Times, El Wall Street Journal, The Independent, Harper’s Bazaar, Ms. Magazine, BlackBook, El New York Observer, Post Road Magazine, and many anthologies.