A scientist specializing in infectious diseases, Jen works with a cutting-edge research group on multiple national COVID-19 clinical trials.

After a day battling microscopic pathogens, she enjoys spending her evenings taking on hostage takers and serial killers.

She is the author of the NYPD Negotiators thriller series: EXIT STRATEGY debuted in 2020, and the second book in the series, SHOT CALLER, releases on August 31, 2021. With Ann Vanderlaan, she writes both the FBI K-9 series (as Sara Driscoll) and the Abbott and Lowell Forensic Mysteries. Book five of the FBI K-9s, LEAVE NO TRACE is now out, and book six, UNDER PRESSURE, releases on November 30, 2021.