Jen Hobbs is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University's Creative Writing MFA program. She has been a publicity consultant for the greater part of her career, representing Oscar- and Emmy Award-winning clients as well as politicians and authors. In 2016, she coauthored Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto, which inspired her new book, American Hemp. After visiting and living in several states and countries, Hobbs now resides in O'Fallon, Missouri, with her husband, Andrew, and daughter, McKayla.