Allie Rowbottom is the author of the novel Aesthetica, published in November 2022 by Soho Press and named a best book of 2022 by Glamour Magazine, NPR, and Vanity Fair. Allie’s memoir, JELL-O Girls, was a 2018 New York Times Editors’ Choice. She holds a PhD in literature from the University of Houston and lives in Los Angeles.