A Note About the Author

Tessa Fontaine is the author of The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts, which was named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and a best book of the year by Southern Living, Refinery29, and the New York Post. Her writing can be found in Outside, Glamour, Agni, and The Believer. She has been a sideshow performer, shoe saleswoman, and professor, and she taught for years in jails and prisons. She cofounded and runs the Accountability Workshops with the writer Annie Hartnett. Raised among the redwoods of Northern California, she now lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband, daughter, goofy dog, and sassy cat. You can sign up for email updates here.