Chopsticks is “a multimedia narrative about a piano prodigy told through words, pictures and memorabilia,” published as both a traditional book and an app, was featured in The Wall Street Journal and won Apps Magazine’s (UK) “App of the Year.”Įnter the Aardvark, published in March 2020, sold in a six-house auction to Little, Brown & Co. Her second novel, Chopsticks, coauthored with graphic designer Rodrigo Corral, was published by Penguin/Razorbill in 2012. The novel was published by McSweeneys in 2009 and won McSweeneys inaugural Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award. The novel is a farcical re-telling of the history of the Hungarian people and satirizes contemporary American suburbia. She worked as a custodian, cleaning college dorms in upstate New York, and was a secretary in San Francisco and New York City.Īnthony’s debut novel, The Convalescent, tells the story of Rovar Pliegman, a Hungarian-American who sells meat out of a bus. She taught English in the remote villages Rytro and Rygrot, Poland, and to Czech businessmen in Prague. She worked at Sea Mart in Sitka, Alaska, where she was a butcher and rented videos. In 2004, she received an MFA in fiction from George Mason University, where she studied with novelists Susan Shreve, Alan Cheuse, Richard Bausch, and Stephen Goodwin.Īnthony had several jobs before becoming a novelist. While at Manchester, she studied literature with Professor Michael Schmidt OBE FRSL. She attended Bates College and the University of Manchester (UK), earning a B.A. She attended Hamilton Central School, where her mother taught Latin. Early life and education Īnthony was born in Oneida, New York. She resides in Maine and teaches at Bates College. In 2017, Anthony worked on Enter the Aardvark while stationed as a 'Bridge Guard' during an art residency program, guarding the Mária Valéria Bridge between Štúrovo, Slovakia and Esztergom, Hungary. In addition to writing, Anthony has held a series of diverse occupations across the globe ranging from butcher in Sitka, Alaska, unlicensed masseuse in Rytro, Poland, and secretary in San Francisco, California. Jessica Anthony is an American novelist, and author of The Convalescent (2009), Chopsticks (2012), and Enter the Aardvark (2020).

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