McPhee, Jenny

Jenny McPhee is the author of "The Center of Things, " a novel, and the coauthor of "Girls: Ordinary Girls and Their Extraordinary Pursuits." She is the translator of Paolo Maurensig's "Canone Inverso" and of "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" by Pope John Paul II. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, including "Glimmer Train, Zoetrope, " and "Brooklyn Review, " and her nonfiction has appeared in "The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, " and "Bookforum", among others. She is on the board of the Bronx Academy of Letters.