J. E. Rizzo is a life-long history fanatic and writer of historical fiction, and her work can be found in Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, and Ultrarunning Magazine, among others. Her debut historical fiction novel is forthcoming with Literary Wanderlust, and she also won Manuscript Academy’s Agent Choice Award in 2024 and History Inquiry’s 2022 Medieval History Writing Challenge. When not writing, she can be found running ultramarathons through the forests and mountains of New England or spending time with her two children, husband, rescue dog, and semi-feral ginger cat. Read more about her at www.jennifererizzo.com