Jennifer Epstein

Jennifer Cody Epstein is a lecturer in the Narrative Medicine program at Columbia University, and a visiting writer at Stony Brook University. She is the author of four critically acclaimed novels, including The Madwomen of Paris (2023), a finalist for the 2024 Edgar Award for Best Novel, and Wunderland (2019), a USA Today bestseller longlisted for the Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize. Her debut novel, The Painter from Shanghai, was a New York Times Editor’s Choice pick and an international bestseller, translated into 17 languages.

A former journalist, Epstein has reported for The Wall Street Journal as a Tokyo-based foreign correspondent, and has reported and produced within NBC's Hong Kong, New York, and Washington D.C. bureaus. Her journalism and essays have also appeared in publications including Vogue, LitHub, Publishers Weekly, McSweeney’s and BookRiot. She has taught at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, as well as within Columbia University’s MFA and summer programs. She is a recipient of residency awards at Hedgebrook, VCCA, and the Vermont Studio Center.