Gabrielle Sher attended Hamilton College, where she earned the Rosenfeld Chapbook Prize for her novella "Bowerbird." She received her MFA and PhD in Creative Writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Her first novel, "Odessa," originated as part of her doctoral dissertation titled “Who Made Us Monsters? Narrative Psychology and The Female Jewish Gothic.” She currently lives and writes in New Jersey with her husband Jamie and dog Bo.