Wilson, J. M.

J.M. Wilson worked as a magazine writer and editor before turning her attentions to fiction. Her first novel, Prison Room, was an idea that had been running through her mind for years, spawned mostly from news events but, in a very abstract way, from her own history. Her second novel, I Woke Up a Man, was based on an idea she had pondered most of her life: how would life be different as a man? "Writing fiction is a great way to explore the concepts in your mind," she says. "You can take an idea that maybe you saw on the news or that might have happened to you or someone you know, and carry it