Jen Straus

Jen Straus

(she/her) Mentor

Jen Straus received a Bachelor of Arts in comparative literature from Barnard College. A former magazine writer and editor, she now works in nonprofit fundraising. Her current fiction and nonfiction writing focuses on disability, ableism and identity. Originally from the Washington, DC suburbs, she lives in Brooklyn and is at work on her first novel.

Favorite Authors & Artists

Margaret Atwood, Mary Oliver, Virginia Woolf

Favorite Genres & Mediums

Memoir & Personal Essay, Poetry and Fantasy & Sci-Fi