J.B. Howard writes books. In her free time, she reads books other people have written. She plays several instruments, grows vegetables in her garden with middling success, and is chronically behind on texts and laundry. She lives less than a mile from her childhood home with her wonderful husband, their four children, an assortment of pets, and a precocious sourdough starter named Charles Wallace. She writes for middle grade and adult audiences as Jenny Howard (which is, in fact, her real name).