Jenny Milchman is the married mother of a kindergartener and a preschooler, living in northern New Jersey. Although she began writing stories in grade school, practical considerations (does anyone really make a living at this?) sent her on to graduate school in psychology, where she completed most of a doctorate while treating troubled children and their families. But writing never ceased its siren call, and after signing with an agent recently, her first suspense novel is now out on submission.