Jessica Strawser is editor-at-large for Writer’s Digest, where she was previously editorial director. She is the USA Today bestselling author of seven popular book club novels, including Almost Missed You, Not That I Could Tell (a Book of the Month pick), Forget You Know Me, A Million Reasons Why, and The Next Thing You Know (a People Magazine Pick). Her two most recent novels, The Last Caretaker (December 2023) and Catch You Later (October 2024), have both debuted as instant USA Today Bestsellers. Her eight novel, The Quitters Club, is coming in May 2026. She has written for The New York Times Modern Love, Publishers Weekly, and others, and is a sought-after speaker at writing conferences and readers groups. She lives with her husband and two children in Cincinnati, where she received a 2024 Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council.

“A writer’s writer with talent to spare: You may not have heard of Jessica Strawser today, but by tomorrow, everyone’s going to be talking about her.” —Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean