About the Author

     For decades within Fairfax County Public Schools, Vivian Jewell has posed as a teacher, but she has ended up learning more from her students’ candor, insight, and wit than they have learned from her. Dani Argivier is a testament to their collective brilliance.

     During the pandemic, Vivian decided to entertain herself by writing short stories. No one was more surprised than she when one of those stories got a mind of its own and decided to grow up and become a novel. Vivian has been equally overjoyed and startled by Dani’s willingness to commandeer her own story.