Jenny Ahmed writes fast-paced dystopian, science fiction, and political thrillers that ask what happens when ordinary people collide with extraordinary truths. A former ICU/ER nurse with a background in law and a degree in genetics, she brings a sharp, real-world edge to her stories-rooting alien mysteries and high-stakes conspiracies in believable science and human emotion. Jenny lives in New York City, where she's currently pursuing her MBA and plotting new ways to upend her characters' lives. When she's not writing or studying, she's hanging out with her four cats-Bootsie, Charlie, Lily, and Cookie-quilting, painting, fencing, gardening, playing violin, or dreaming about her next trip to Old Town Prague. She is the author of multiple novels, including By Dawn's Early Light, and the upcoming deep-sea alien thriller Area 291.