Jennifer Gonnerman

writer

Jennifer Gonnerman is the author of *Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett*, which was a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award. She is a contributing writer at *Mother Jones and New York *magazine. Previously, she was a staff writer at *The Village Voice*, where she covered the criminal justice system for seven years. Her article on which this book is based won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and the Meyer Berger Award from the Columbia University School of Journalism.