Jennifer Artley
Biography
Jennifer Artley began her travel adventures early on as the child of US diplomats posting in farflung countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. In college, she interned at the American Embassy in Burma (Myanmar) during the prodemocracy demonstrations led by Aung San Suu Kyi. In her adult life, Jennifer continued to live abroad in China, Israel, and Italy while raising her two children. Her first book, Hard Sleeper, is a murder mystery that takes place in 1930s Peking. It was a finalist of the 2003 Readers Preference Editor's Choice Award for Historical Fiction. Jennifer divides her time between Alexandria, Virginia, and Milan, Italy.
