Jennifer Finney Boylan is the author of 19 books, including CLEAVAGE: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us, and the novel MAD HONEY, co-authored with Jodi Picoult. She is a Trustee of PEN America, and from 2023-25 was PEN’s President. She is the inaugural Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence and Professor of English at Barnard College of Columbia University.
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Articles by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Jennifer Finney Boylan’s Opening Remarks at the 2025 PEN America Literary Gala
As writers we also know that the most important part of our work is not the first draft, but the revision.
Jenny Finney Boylan’s Remarks at the 2024 PEN America Literary Gala
“All I have, other than the ability to tell a joke, are the tools of love and forgiveness. But is that enough to heal the world?”
A Letter from the President of PEN America: American Authors Demand a Second Draft of PEN America, and the World in Which We Write
What does it mean when some authors would rather silence themselves than be associated with an organization that defends free speech and dissent?
