E. Lockhart

E. Lockhart (or Emily Lockhart) is the penname of Emily Jenkins, born in New York City in 1967. Her father, Len Jenkin, is a novelist, playwright, director, and screenwriter. He and Emily lived briefly in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and then settled in Seattle, Washington. Emily attended the Lakeside School, a prestigious private high school in the city, and spent her summers attending drama camps throughout the Midwest. She went to Vassar College for her undergraduate degree, later going on to earn a Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University. She has written children’s books, young adult and adult fiction, and she currently teaches creative writing at Hamline University in Minnesota.