Jenna Black is a typical writer, which means she’s an “experience junkie.” She received B.A. degrees in physical anthropology and French from Duke University. She once dreamed of being the next Jane Goodall, until she realized that primates spend 80 percent of their time not really doing anything. She moved on to such pastimes as grooming dogs and writing technical documentation before creating the Morgan Kingsley series: The Devil Inside, The Devil You Know, The Devil’s Due, Speak of the Devil, and now The Devil’s Playground. Jenna Black lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina.