JESSICA ANTHONY is the author of three books of fiction, including her most recent title, The Most (Little, Brown and Company), and Enter the Aardvark (Little, Brown and Company), a finalist for the New England Book Award in Fiction. She has been a butcher in Alaska, an unlicensed masseuse in Poland, a secretary in San Francisco, and is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award in Literature. She wrote Enter the Aardvark and The Most while working as a bridge guard for the Maria Valeria Bridge between Sturovo, Slovakia, and Esztergom, Hungary. Usually, she lives in Maine and teaches at Bates College.