Jen Tousey

Jen Tousey is an author, speaker, and living history interpreter who believes American history should feel less like a dusty textbook and more like a story you can step into. Through children’s books, activity books, adult history titles, and immersive programs, she brings the people, places, flavors, fashions, and follies of early America vividly to life.

Her work blends careful research with warmth, curiosity, and a generous dash of theatrical charm. From George Washington’s Christmas Homecoming to Sarah Josepha Hale’s determined campaign for Thanksgiving, from hands-on activities for young readers to the taverns, toasts, and hospitality of early America in Raise a Glass, Jen invites readers to discover the human moments that shaped a nation.

She also creates large-scale living history events and educational programs that encourage families to experience history as participants, not spectators. Because history is at its heart a story, meant to be lived.