Yacovissi, Jennifer Bort

Jennifer Bort Yacovissi’s debut novel, Up the Hill to Home, tells the story of four generations of a family in Washington, D.C. from the Civil War to the Great Depression. Her short fiction has appeared in Gargoyle and Pen-in-Hand. Jenny reviews regularly for the Washington Independent Review of Books, and serves on its Board of Directors. She has served as chair/program director of the Washington Writers Conference since 2017.