Jennifer Solow is an American novelist, publisher and entrepreneur, and the author of The Aristobrats and The Booster. In 2021 she became the publisher of Edible Hudson Valley, Edible Westchester, Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn. She is the founder of Doorstep Market.Marsh, Kelly. "Artisans are getting creative." Poughkeepsie, New York: Poughkeepsie Journal, December 9, 2020, pp. B1, B4 (subscription required).
Early life Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Solow is a daughter of architect Donald Solow and Fox Chapel Country Day School teacher Nan Solow. Raised in that city's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, Jennifer Solow graduated from Winchester Thurston School and the Rhode Island School of Design.Rouvalis, Cristina. "Solow act." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 4, 2006, pp. C1, C2 (subscription required).
Advertising career Employed in the field of advertising, Solow rose through the ranks to become "the managing partner and creative director of Kirshenbaum Bond in San Francisco," and created advertising campaigns for the Target Corporation, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Less than six months after the September 11 attacks in 2001, she resigned from her position to focus on her family and writing.Rouvalis, "Solow act," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 4, 2006.
Writing career Her first novel was The Booster, which was released by Atria Books in 2007.Curl, Paul. "Shoplifter Hides Behind 'Her Birthright.'" Tampa, Florida: The Tampa Tribune, June 18, 2006, Baylife section, p. 7 (subscription required).Iaciofano, Carol. "A girl who's got it all, but takes some more." Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Globe, March 21, 2006, p. 31 (subscription required). According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, her "finely crafted novel received a starred review from Publishers Weekly" in 2006.Rouvalis, "Solow act," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 4, 2006.
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