Jessica Anthony is the author of four books of fiction, most recently the novel The Most. Her novel Enter The Aardvark was a finalist for the New England Book Award in Fiction. Anthony’s novels have been published in over a dozen countries, and are featured in TIME Magazine, Newsweek, Esquire, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times Book Review as an Editors’ Choice. A recipient of a Creative Capital Award in Literature, Anthony has also received support from McSweeney’s, MacDowell, the Ucross Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation, the Bridge Guard Residential Art – Science Centre, and the Maine Arts Commission. She lives in Portland, Maine.

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