Joanne E ZientyJoanne Zienty was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is the winner of the 2014 Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project Award(TM) for her debut novel, The Things We Save, for which she was also named a semi-finalist in the Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prze for Fiction. In 2017, she was named an "Emerging Voice" by the College of DuPage. She published her second novel, Children of the Revolution, a revenge tale set in a dystopian Midwest, in 2020. She studied English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago, earned her teaching certification at Roosevelt University, and her Master's in Library and Information Science at Dominican University. When she's not writing, she uses her influence as a teacher/librarian to help young students grow as readers and find their voices as writers. She lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with her husband and a crotchety old cat. Read More Read Less