Jane St. Anthony grew up in south Minneapolis in a house with a front porch that lent itself to summer reading. At the University of Minnesota, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English. She has written for nonprofit organizations and a variety of businesses.
Her first middle grade novel, The Summer Sherman Loved Me (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006), was completed while she was a resident at The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Red Wing, Minnesota. Grace Above All (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007) is her second novel for middle school readers.
She and her husband, Louis, are the parents of Emily and Edward. Her senior cat, Tommy, provided the inspiration for a novel which is as yet untitled.

Ten facts about Jane’s early reading and writing life