Alice DiNizo, who uses her cat's name, J.B., as her pen name, grew up in Vermont but has lived in New Jersey for over forty years. She knows that New Jersey has a bad reputation but feels that readers should know about the parts of New Jersey that never get much publicity...it's historic old towns, varied landscape of shore, pinelands and mountains and intelligent, kind residents. So, "J.B." writes enthusiastically about the good parts of her adopted state.