Eve LaPlante
<p>Eve LaPlante, a sixth great-granddaughter of Samuel Sewall, is the author of two previous critically acclaimed books: <em>American Jezebel</em>, a biography of her ancestor Anne Hutchinson, and <em>Seized</em>, a narrative portrait of temporal lobe epilepsy. LaPlante has degrees from Princeton and Harvard and has written for <em>The Atlantic</em>, the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Ladies' Home Journal</em>, and <em>Boston</em> magazine. She lives with her family in New England on land once owned by Judge Sewall. </p>