Called "a stylish and sparkly writer" by the New York Times, Jill Grunenwald is the bestselling author of Running with a Police Escort: Tales From the Back of the Pack and Reading Behind Bars: A True Story of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian.

 

Reading Behind Bars was a 2020 Ohioana Book Awards finalist and shortlisted for the 2020 In the Margins Social Justice and Advocacy Book Award.

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Other writing has appeared in Bust, Bitch, Tor, the Millions, and Cleveland Magazine. 

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You can follow Jill on Twitter and Instagram @Jill_Grun