Pam Jenoff is American lawyer and Novelist - Along with The Lost Girls of Paris and The Orphan's Tale, both instant New York Times bestsellers, Pam is the author of other novels, including her most recent The Woman with the Blue Star. Pam was raised outside of Philadelphia but born in Maryland. She spent time at Cambridge University in England and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. After graduating from Cambridge with a master's degree in history, she was hired as Special Assistant to the Army Secretary. The post gave a rare chance to see and assist in operations at the most senior levels of government, including helping the families of the Pan Am Flight 103 victims secure their memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, watching rehabilitation efforts at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing and attending ceremonies commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of World War II at sites like Bastogne and Corregidor.
Jenoff transferred to the State Department after working at the Pentagon. She was assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Krakow, Poland in 1996. Pam first became knowledgeable of Polish-Jewish connections and the Holocaust around this time. Working on issues including restoration of Jewish property in Poland and Auschwitz preservation, Jenoff grew close to the remaining Jewish population.
After leaving the Foreign Service in 1998 to study law at the University of Pennsylvania, Jenoff worked for several years both in-house and for a big firm. She teaches law at Rutgers nowadays.