​Jessica Allen writes about food, culture, travel, parenting, and New York City (where she lives). 

Her work has been published in many places, including: The Boston Globe, CBS, The Christian Science Monitor, CNN, The Independent, McSweeney's, Mental Floss, New York Metro Parents, The Onion's A.V. Club, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Roads & Kingdoms, Salon, The Smart Set, The Toast, The Washington Post, and Writer's Digest.​

The Great American Read, her book about books, was published in 2018. She's also written books about astrology, taking care of your home, axolotls, and cool, under-the-radar colleges.

A few fun facts: she can eat her weight in jelly beans, has been to every US state except Kansas, and once spent a day walking the perimeter of Manhattan, some 37 miles.