Hilary Dan­in­hirsch is a for­mer lawyer and a moth­er of two daugh­ters. She and her hus­band, Michael, live in Pitts­burgh, where she has a free­lance writ­ing and proof­read­ing busi­ness. She is an avid read­er and has been writ­ing book reviews for a decade, includ­ing many reviews for The Jew­ish Chron­i­cle of Pittsburgh.