Jaclyn Rothman

Jaclyn has been clawing at bookshelves since she was old enough to stand. 
At least, that’s what her mother tells her. A lifelong love affair with reading,
writing, and all things literature led her to two summers at Oxford 
University, where she studied creative writing, medieval literature, and 
contemporary fiction. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she earned
her bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Pepperdine University 
(known for its idyllic beachside locale, though she never could quite shake 
her ever-present-if-irrational fear of tsunamis and the open ocean). After 
graduating from Pepperdine, Jaclyn knew she wanted two things: to live 
somewhere she could experience actual, real-life snow, and to pursue a 
legal education that would supplement her love of literature. So she moved 
to Madison, Wisconsin, and started law school at the University of 
Wisconsin-Madison, where she is currently in her second year – and where 
there’s enough snow to make up for a lifetime deficit. At UW Law, Jaclyn 
serves as a Submissions Editor for the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender, 
and Society, where she recently published a paper examining the fictional 
“Femme Fatale” and its real-life implications on autonomous women within 
the legal system. She is presently focused on entertainment and copyright 
law, in the hopes of using these skills to bolster her future in the literary 
industry. 

Jaclyn will read just about anything, by anyone, but she’s partial to fantasy 
(and romantasy!), contemporary fiction, mystery/thrillers, and horror. Her 
taste runs the gamut from Kazuo Ishiguro to Liane Moriarty to Sarah J. 
Maas and everything in between. She’s interested in new takes on classic 
tropes, twisty plots, complex worlds and worldbuilding, and casts of diverse,
multi-faceted characters (the more morally grey, the better). She loves a 
good underdog and a great villain. If she’s not at a coffee shop with her 
latest book, you can find her on a walk with her giant dog, Winston, and her 
kitten, Perce.