Jamie Cat Callan (’90) is the author of eight books, including Parisian Charm School, Ooh La La! French Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day, Bonjour, Happiness!, The Writers Toolbox, Just Too Cool, NAL, The Young and the Soapy, Over the Hill at Fourteen, and French Women Don’t Sleep Alone, which has been translated into fourteen languages. She is also the creator of The Writers Toolbox (Chronicle Books). Her short fiction and personal essays have been published in The New York Times’ Modern Love column, Story, and The Missouri Review. Jamie has received awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Arts Council. Most recently, Jamie received a VCCA fellowship to spend a month writing in Auvillar, France.