Pennington, Jessica: - Jessica Pennington is no stranger to the combination of love and drama. She's a wedding planner, after all. A writer since the age of ten--when she sought publication for her poem about a tree--Jessica likes the challenge of finding the humor in a sad situation or highlighting the awkwardness in a romantic one. She lives in a Michigan beach town suspiciously similar to the one in her novel, with her husband Josh and their son, Rory. Love Songs & Other Lies is her debut novel.