Jessica Anthony

Jessica Anthony is an American novelist whose books include Chopsticks, a coming-of-age novel, and Enter the Aardvark, a satire. Her earlier novel The Convalescent appeared in 2009, and The Most, written while she worked as a bridge guard during an art residency between Slovakia and Hungary, came out in 2024. Along the way she has also worked as a butcher in Sitka, Alaska, and as a secretary in San Francisco. She now lives in Maine and teaches at Bates College.