Jessica Sarah Gunderson

Jessica Sarah Gunderson grew up in Washburn, North Dakota. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota and an MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Gunderson has written more than 100 books for young readers and lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Her published works include How Long?, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, The Energy Dilemma, and President Lincoln’s Killer and the America He Left Behind, which received the 2018 Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Silver Award.