Biographical Info Jane Alessandrini Ward is the author of In the Aftermath (She Writes Press, 2021), The Mosaic Artist (2010), and Hunger (Forge, 2001). She graduated from Simmons College with a degree in English literature. She has been a contributing writer for the online regional and seasonal food magazine Local In Season and a blogger and occasional host of cooking videos for MPN Online, an internet recipe resource affiliated with several newspapers across the country. Jane now divides her time between the north shore of Massachusetts and Chicago.