Jennifer Ryan is an Anglo-American author, born in a village in England and now living in the Washington DC area. Previously a nonfiction book editor in London, she began scribbling novels deep into the night, and when she had children, found an outlet for her creativity in crafting her debut novel.

The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir is set in an English village in World War II and follows the paths of five different women and girls as the war forces them to confront their attitudes, their courage, and their dreams. At once sad, funny, and inspiring, it is written in the women’s own voices in the form of their letters and journals.

The novel is being published by Crown Publishing and HarperCollins in the UK in February 2017, and then in 12 additional countries around the world. The TV rights have been optioned by Carnival, the makers of Downton Abbey.